Brothers in Spirit

Medizin- und Pharmazie / Briefe, Notizen (gedruckt) / Albert Schweitzer


Mellon, William Larimer Jr.
The Correspondence of Albert Schweitzer and William Larimer Mellon, Jr.
Translated by Jeannette Q.Byers

Signatur: M001-B380-D001-A004;
Buchart: Hardcover
Verlag: Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, NY (Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika)
Veröffentlichung: 1996
Sprache: Englisch
Seiten: 188
Format: gr. 8°
Größe (HxBXT): 23,6 x 16,0 cm x 2,0 cm
Brothers in Spirit
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Inhaltsverzeichnis:
1. Illustrations; 2. Foreword (Gwen Grant Mellon and Rhena Schweitzer Miller); 3. Translator's Note; 4. The Correspondence in English; 5. The Correspondence in French; 6. Appendixes: A. "The Greatest Man in the World"; B. Letter from Jack Beau to Albert Schweitzer

Kurzbeschreibung:
18-jährige Korrespondenz zwischen Mellon und Schweitzer

Textpassagen (Auszüge):
"The letters exchanged by Larimer Mellon and my father, Albert Schweitzer, give testimony to a very special friendship between two men different in age, belonging to different worlds, but united in the striving for the same goal: to alleviate suffering and bring help to people in need. My father was deeply moved when Larimer Mellon approached him. He also, from th ebeginning, felt a strong responsibility toward the much younger man, who was willing to uproot his life to follow the road Schweitzer had shown him. [...]" (Rhena Schweitzer Miller)