PHYSICIAN [ easy-listening ]                            With reverence for all life                            Way of life noble and grand                            Goodwill toward every culture                            Every nation, tongue and land                            May we guard our virgin forests                            And may clear waters fill the sea                            And with love for one another                            May hearts be pollution free                            So let us honor Albert Schweitzer                            A very kind and gentle man                            Who traveled far and wide                            Just to lend a helping hand                            To the sick and to the poor                            To mighty Africa's very least                            Touching our hearts for evermore                            He tamed the child and the beast                            So bless the beasts and the children ¹                            And the outcast of Gabon                            Bless our home, Planet Earth                            Remember the Great White African                            May our skies be clear and bright                            And may earth's people strive to see                            A brave new world of hope tomorrow                            Filled with peace, pollution free                            With reverence for all life                            Way of life noble and grand                            Goodwill toward every culture                            Every nation, tongue and land                            As our souls renew with love                            May peace like a river fill the earth                            With clear water from the fountain                            Of life's everlasting new rebirth                            And may our nations learn to live                            In true freedom's harmony                            With pure water from the fountain                            Of everlasting eternity *                            --"Reverence For Life" The philosophy of Albert Schweitzer International Albert Schweitzer Foundation Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Ocean Futures Society Salk Institute for Biological Studies      March of Dimes Credits: 1. Lyric concept from the motion picture soundtrack "Bless The Beasts And The Children", by Barry DeVorzon and Perry Botkin, Jr.; performed by The Carpenters (1971). *FootNote:  "Once man begins to think about the mystery of his life and the links connecting him with the life that fills the world, he cannot but accept, for his own life and all other life that surrounds him, the principle of Reverence for Life.  He will act according to this principle of the ethical affirmation of life in everything he does.  His life will become in every respect more difficult than if he lived for himself, but at the same time it will be richer, more beautiful, and happier.  It will become, instead of mere living, a genuine experience of life." --Albert Schweitzer             Copyright © August 20th, 2003 by Richard Aberdeen. No part of this material may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including printing, photocopying, recording or by any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the Publisher and signed by the author.  Inquiries should be addressed to: The Aberdeen Foundation, Brothers / Sisters Productions, 292 Trails Circle, Nashville, TN 37214 or requested via email at email@AberdeenFoundation.org.  Essays entitled Revolution and Revolution -- Side B are open copyright and may be reproduced or utilized as often as one likes.