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As a rule, the opposite of my opinion happens. It has been that way all these years. Actually, the opposite of my opinion has always happened. You just don't notice it, because in many circles a special method has been followed: people didn't ask for my opinion so much as for their own opinion and then told people: 'That's what he said.' I was very far from saying it, but the person concerned would have liked me to have said it, so he told them that I had said it. It is true that when it is said in the outside world that I have blind followers, the practice of the Society shows that the complete opposite is the case, at least with regard to matters where I should be approached with some trust, because I have sometimes been trying to reach a judgment for years, and the other person has not done so.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"Ninth Lecture","site_heading":"Soul's Independence and Spiritual Science's Defense Against Slander","site_heading_note":"A heading the site wrote for this unit from a summary of it; not in the edition, and not the words of Rudolf Steiner or of the translator. 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Die Menschen außerhalb unserer Gesellschaft werfen mir vor, einer meiner größten Fehler sei — heute zählen sie schon größere auf, das war vor einem Jahr -, daß ich blinde Anhänger mache, daß ich blind autoritätsgläubige Anhänger habe. Ich darf wohl sagen: Wenn es auf irgend etwas ankommt, wo man mir etwas Vertrauen von seiten der Mitglieder der Gesellschaft entgegenbringen und auf das Vertrauen hin das eine oder andere tun sollte, da finde ich in der Regel nicht sehr viel Anhängerschaft. Da geschieht in der Regel das Gegenteil von dem, was meine Meinung ist. So war es die ganzen Jahre hindurch. Es ist eigentlich immer das Gegenteil von dem geschehen, was meine Meinung war. Nur merkt man es nicht, weil ja in vielen Kreisen eine besondere Methode befolgt worden ist: Man hat weniger nach meiner Meinung gefragt, sondern nach der eigenen Meinung und hat dann den Leuten erzählt: Das hat er gesagt. - Ich war sehr weit entfernt daven, das gesagt zu haben, aber der Betreffende hätte gerne gehabt, daß ich es gesagt hätte; so hat er denn erzählt, ich hätte es gesagt. 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