SOURCE: "Memorial to Dr. Alfred Adler," in Alfred Adler: His Influence on Psychology Today, edited by Harold H. Mosak, Noyes Press, 1973, pp. 1-5.

In the following essay, Beecher and Beecher outline the insights into human nature gained from their association with Adler.

The tallest measure of a man is the effect that he has on the lives of others. And the deepest measure of his value lies in what they learn from him in terms of enduring wisdom—the kind that helps them when critical forks-in-the-road confront them. In the few years that we were fortunate enough to share with Alfred Adler before he died he revealed some monumental truths to us. He gave us a give of the comprehensive as well as the particular aspects of human behavior. The greatest honor we can pay him at this time is to share with others that which he helped...