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Wir dürfen heute den ethisch-religiösen Unterricht nicht so erteilen, daß wir im allgemeinen Unterrichte schon irgendwelche Formeln oder irgendwelche Dogmen beibringen, sondern wir müssen dasjenige, was als Göttlich-Geistiges in der Menschenseele lebt, eben auch entwickeln lernen, dann werden wir in der freien und richtigen Weise das Kind seinem Religionsbekenntnisse entgegenführen. Dann wird es sich selbst nicht in Zwiespalte hineingestellt finden, wenn es sieht, daß der eine der Hochkirche, der andere dem Puritanismus und so weiter angehört. Und bis zu diesem Auffassen des real-religiösen Elementes müssen wir es bringen. 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