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But the moment we become aware of what I have already described, we realize also that in man the sensory nerves which run back to the cranial cavity are more differentiated, more specialized and form in that area the first indications of the brain. In consequence we do not enter more deeply into ourselves; we become more extroverted and add to the nature of the four elements, earth, fire, air and water, our experiences between birth and death.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"5. The Inner Vitalization of the Soul through the Qualities of the Metallic Nature","site_heading":null,"date":"1924-08-15","location":null,"word_count":211,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/243/1924-08-15/p027","alignment_confidence":"high","alignment_reason":"beads:length","two_voice_volume":false,"translation_credit":{"scope":"unit","status":"established","translator":"A. H. 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