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Reading Carl R. Rogers book 'On Becoming a Person' was like going for a walk with a kindred spirit, sharing ideas, and solving the world's problems. I find that I echo so many of his perspectives that any person looking in may think I am a student of Rogers. In fact, On Becoming a Person is the first of anything I have read by him.

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