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Es entsteht, erreicht eine Höhe, steigt wieder herab und verschwindet in der Geschichte, wie ein Mensch verschwindet von diesem Plan, nachdem sein Leben mit dem Tode vergeht. In dem Volke haben wir etwas, was eine wirkliche Volksseele ist; und jeder einzelne Cherusker - äußerlich völlig unterschieden -, war doch in der allgemeinen astralischen Cheruskerseele eingebettet. 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