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The style of life is a unity because it has grown out of the difficulties of early life and out of the striving for a goal.

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
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Goal
Striving
Life
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Unity
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Difficulty

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