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Whoever is spared personal pain must feel himself called to help in diminishing the pain of others. We must all carry our share of the misery which lies upon the world.

Whoever is spared personal pain must feel himself called to help in diminishing the pain of others. We must all carry our share of the misery which lies upon the world.

Approximate author period: c. 1920 AD · modern

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Author or tradition
Albert Schweitzer
Attribution: attributed
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Historical period
Approximate author period: c. 1920 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1875 to 1965; Wikidata Q49325, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49325 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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