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Our modern states are preparing for war without even knowing the future enemy.

Alfred Adler

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Alfred Adler
Age: 67 †
Born: 1870
Born: February 7
Died: 1937
Died: May 28
Ophthalmologist
Psychiatrist
Psychotherapist
Vienna
Austria
War
States
Antiwar
Without
Preparing
Even
Modern
Enemy
Knowing
Future
Peace

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