“Every start upon an untrodden path is a venture which only in unusual circumstances looks sensible and likely to be successful.”

— Albert Schweitzer

Ch. 9 : I Resolve to Become a Jungle Doctor http://books.google.com/books?id=qSihr5VGV4YC&q=%22Every+start+upon+an+untrodden+path+is+a+venture+which+only+in+unusual+circumstances+looks+sensible+and+likely+to+be+successful%22&pg=PA90#v=onepage
Out of My Life and Thought : An Autobiography (1933)

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French-German physician, theologian, musician and philosoph… 1875–1965

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