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The mother-tongue is so deeply rooted in the breathing system, the blood circulation, and in the configuration of the vascular system, that the child is affected not only in spirit and soul, but in spirit, soul and body by the way in which this mother-tongue comes to expression within him. We must realize however that the forces of languages in the world permeate man and bring the human element to expression in quite different ways. In the case of primitive languages this is quite obvious; that it is also true of the more civilized languages often escapes recognition.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"X. 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Wir wollen im Waldorfschul-Prinzip gerade das befolgen, daß wir die Möglichkeit finden, den Menschen als Menschen voll zu entwickeln, und den Menschen in die Menschheit richtig hineinzustellen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":52,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/307/1923-08-15/p026"},{"locus":"GA 307/1923-08-15/p027","passage_number":27,"text":"Vor allen Dingen versuchen wir im Waldorfschul-Prinzip den Menschen so auszubilden, daß er in der rechten Art dasjenige zur Offenbarung bringt, was im ganzen Menschen veranlagt ist, und auf der anderen Seite dasjenige, was ihn richtig in die Welt hineinstellt. 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