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Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

I didn't fully realize it at the time, but the goal of my life was profoundly molded by this experience - to help produce, in the next generation, more Mother Teresas and less Hitlers.

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The author is saying that a particular experience shaped her life's purpose to encourage kindness and compassion in future generations rather than cruelty and harm. She only understood later how deeply this event influenced her desire to foster more people like Mother Teresa, known for her selfless care, instead of people like Hitler, known for causing great suffering.

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