Schweitzer helped prepare colonial Africa to survive
The World Wars he lived through. Although not political,
He was asked to further his philosophical writings on life
With remarks – by the U.N. and others, critical
And concerned about nuclear weapons and the ease
With which new modes of warfare had taken unquestioned world ‘place.’
He agreed: in his “Declaration of Conscience” in ‘57,
Calling for public opinion to avert the spread of all radiation,
Including “nuclear tests” – not tests from a humanitarian perspective,
And said the public must rally to guarantee Peace, their objective.
He said, “Dare to face the situation . . . Man has become a superman,”
“With a fatal flaw,” a lack of ethics and superhuman reasoning.
We are becoming inhuman to resign ourselves to inhumanity while men
Die en masse. . . “Compassion” dictates an “embrace of every living thing.”
June Edvenson 