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We are aware only of the empty space in the forest, which only yesterday was filled with trees.
Anna Freud
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Anna Freud
Age: 86 †
Born: 1895
Born: December 3
Died: 1982
Died: October 9
Non-Fiction Writer
Psychoanalyst
Psychologist
Vienna
Austria
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Forests
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Yesterday
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