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Denn ist nicht dasjenige, was wir in den Händen und Armen haben, wenn wir sie physiognomisch ordentlich betrachten, wahrhaft etwas, das uns jetzt schon gleichsam die Anlage zu den Sprachorganen zeigt? Führen wir mit den Händen und Armen nicht eine beredte Sprache? Warum sollte man denn nicht glauben können, daß das einmal etwas ganz anderes wird, etwas, das sinngemäß auf einer ganz anderen Stufe des Daseins als ein Sinnesorgan des Hauptes sich kundgibt? Und darüber lachen, daß etwa das, was heute in bezug auf unseren Leib sich in den Knien ausdrückt, sich vorbereitet, in seiner Ausbreitung über den ganzen Leib etwa zum Tastsinn zu werden, zum Tastorgan, darüber lachen könnte nur derjenige, der eben keine Ahnung hat von dem, was eigentlich Metamorphose des Daseins ist. 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