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Otherwise, every school would have to be staffed with great geniuses, and this is probably impossible. Our teaching methods must nevertheless ensure that we do not impede the progress of an inherent genius. We must never clip the wings of a genius’s spirit. We can do these things only by developing an art of education that does not interfere with the spiritual forces that must work freely in growing human beings.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"XVI. 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Der Schwachsinnige, der idiotische Mensch wird belastet geboren, mit einer Last durch seine Leiblichkeit; das Genie wird mit Flügeln geboren, mit Flügeln der Seele. Wir müssen uns gestehen, daß wir die Last des Schwachsinnigen mittragen müssen. Wir müssen uns aber auch gestehen, daß wir den Bewegungen der Genieflügel unter Umständen als Lehrer ja wohl nicht folgen können, denn sonst müßten alle Schulen mit höchsten Genies besetzt werden. Das kann nicht der Fall sein. Es muß die Möglichkeit vorhanden sein, so richtig zu erziehen, daß wir dem Genie nicht die geringsten Hemmnisse in den Weg legen, daß wir seine Flügel nicht in der geringsten Weise beschneiden. 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