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On the Edge of the Primeval Forest

Albert Schweitzer

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .With the help of the moon we are able to go further. Now we see the forest like a gigantic border on the river bank; now we seem to graze its dark wall, from which there streams out a heat that is almost unendurable. The starlight lies gently on the water; in the distance there is summer lightning. Soon after midnight the {26} vessel is anchored in a quiet bay, and the passengers creep into their mosquito nets. Many sleep in the cabins; others on the couches along the walls of the dining saloon, under which are stored the mail sacks.

About 5 a.m. the engines are set in motion again. We have now covered nearly 130 miles (200 kilometres), and the forest is more imposing than further downstream. In the distance appears a hill with red roofs upon it: the mission station of N'Gômô; and the two hours spent in shipping logs gives us time to see the station and its sawmill.

Five hours later the slopes of Lambarene come in sight, and the stea. . . Read More

Community Reviews

Amazing to see/read what one human is capable of.

"As we acquire more knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible, but more mysterious."
—Albert Schweitzer

The Primeval Forest ** Read in Libreville and Lope, Gabon (July 2022)

This slim volume is a vivid account of Schweitzer's impressions and experiences during his first period in Equatorial Africa (modern Gabon), written "with the help of the reports which I wrote every six months in Lambarene and sent as printed letters to my friends and supporters". The book describes

Am currently reading Albert Schweitzer's collection of contemporary reports from his time as a missionary doctor in what at the time was the French colony of Equatorial Africa (now Gabon) from 1912 to 1917. The reports are grouped together in the book On the Edge of the Primeval Forest.

As well as pr

I picked up this English edition after a futile and abortive attempt on a poorly translated Chinese edition.

Dr. Schweitzer's narrative of his experience and impression is straight forward and to the point. I have read from somewhere that people had criticized Schweitzer for his patronization toward

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