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Of course, the small tremors that are transmitted to the air and then form the basis of tone hearing cannot be expressed in any other way than through speech itself; but the tendencies that lie within, the tendencies of movement, can be transferred to the whole person according to the principle of Goethe's theory of metamorphosis.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"59. 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