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Learning of all kinds goes on best, lasts best, and tends to lead itself on more when it grows out of a real focus of interest in the learner.

Carl Rogers

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Carl Rogers
Age: 85 †
Born: 1902
Born: January 8
Died: 1987
Died: February 4
Non-Fiction Writer
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Psychotherapist
Oak Park
Illinois
Carl Ransom Rogers
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Allowance of the freedom of choices in direction, either for the group or individuals particularly in the near future.
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