Intellectual

Albert Schweitzer near the hospital he built

Albert Schweitzer was one day building a section of his hospital in Africa. At one moment he was trying to place a large plank of wood in place, but it was too heavy for him. He noticed an African gentleman, dressed nicely and asked him if he could help him carry the plank. The man replied ‘I am sorry, but I do not do that kind of work. I am an intellectual.’ And Albert Schweitzer, with 5 degrees after his name, replied: ‘I too was an intellectual, but I couldn’t live that kind of life, when I saw so much need, sickness and poverty around me.’