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The development of the individual is mysterious, and the aim of instruction and education must never be concerned with the abnormal, but always with the normal. Teaching is always a social matter. The problem must always be: In what year must the development of certain forces take place, so that this development establishes the individual securely in life? So we must reckon with the fact that it is only between the seventh and fourteenth year that certain abilities can be cultivated in such a way that the individual can stand his ground in the battle of life. If these abilities are not cultivated at this time, the individual concerned will not be equal to the battle of life, but will have to succumb to it, as most people do to-day.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"I. 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Aber man kann nicht damit rechnen und eine gewisse Vorschrift geben für das öffentliche Leben, daß einer etwas Versäumtes auf diese Weise nachholen könnte — von andern Dingen gar nicht zu sprechen. Es ist die Entwickelung des Menschen eine geheimnisvolle Sache, und was durch Unterricht und Erziehung angestrebt werden soll, darf nie mit dem Abnormen rechnen, sondern muß immer mit dem Normalen rechnen. Daher ist das Unterrichten immer eine soziale Sache. Daher muß immer damit gerechnet werden: In welches Lebensalter muß die Ausbildung gewisser Kräfte hineinfallen, damit diese Ausbildung den Menschen in der richtigen Art ins Leben hineinstellen kann? Wir müssen also damit rechnen, daß gewisse Fähigkeiten nur zwischen dem 7. und dem 14. Lebensjahre des Menschen so entwickelt werden können, daß der Mensch später den Lebenskampf bestehen kann. Würde man diese Fähigkeiten in dieser Zeit nicht ausbilden, so würden die Menschen später dem Lebenskampf nicht gewachsen sein, sondern ihm unterliegen müssen, was heute bei den meisten Menschen der Fall ist.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":257,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/294/1919-08-21/p018"}],"english":["GA 294/1919-08-21/p022"],"method":"length","confidence":"medium","correspondence":"established","length_check":{"de_words":257,"en_words":261,"ratio":1.02,"partial":false},"pairing_state":"proposed","verified":false},"witness_completeness":{"ratio":1.03,"band":"comparable","note":null,"word_count":5570,"original_word_count":5396,"may_be_abridged":false},"witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"Harry Collison","identified_edition":"RSPC1937","book_title":"Practical Course for Teachers","publisher":"Rudolf Steiner Publishing Co.","publisher_inferred":true,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA294/English/RSPC1937/19190821n01.html","evidence":"lecture_list_row","publisher_note":"The publisher is inferred from the edition code in this lecture's source URL, not stated by the source page. 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