The History of the Anthroposophical Society 1913–1922

GA 251 — 7 February 1913, Berlin

4. First Farewell Address to the General Assembly

My dear friends!

We will see each other again tomorrow, so I will just say a few words of farewell now. We must not think, now that we have separated from the Theosophical Society, that the matter is over and that we can comfortably rest on our laurels. On the contrary, we will still have a lot to struggle for, because hatred lurks. On the other hand, I would like to say that, without being sentimental, even if it may sound so, we can say that what has been said here theosophically was a kind of prayer and that this prayer is for our own good and may end in the words that we may always bear in mind: Watch and pray.