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The best political, social, and spiritual work we can do is to withdraw the projection of our shadow onto others.

Carl Jung

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Carl Jung
Age: 85 †
Born: 1875
Born: July 26
Died: 1961
Died: June 6
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C.G. Jung
Karl Gustav Jung
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