I. The Forming of Speech as Art
GA 282/1924-09-05/p040
·1924-09-05
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Such then was the character of primeval speech. It contained feeling within it, and thought. It was, so to say, the treasure-casket in man for feeling and thought. Thought has now shifted, it has slipped up more into the ego; speech has remained in the astral body; feeling has slid down into the ether body.
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