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Human kindness can be found in all groups, even those which as a whole it would be easy to condemn.
Viktor E. Frankl
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Viktor E. Frankl
Age: 92 †
Born: 1905
Born: March 26
Died: 1997
Died: September 2
Existential Therapist
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Vienna
Austria
Viktor E. Frankl
Viktor Emil Frankl
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