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Play is a child's work and this is not a trivial pursuit.

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
Trivial
Pursuit
Child
Play
Children
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