Eurythmy Performance

GA 277d/1923-07-21/p019 ·1923-07-21 · English MediumMedium alignmentSome paragraph re-numbering between this translation and the German original — the locus may slip by a paragraph or two.
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That is why, when contemporary civilization speaks, one usually has the feeling that something like a mixture of salt and vinegar is getting on one's tongue. It is precisely the most civilized languages that strike you when spoken, when everything approaches the squishing sounds, that strike you like a mixture of salt and vinegar on the tongue. But the original language of humanity is actually flowing honey, is actually something immensely sweet, is that through which the human being expresses itself through sound.

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