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Und da müssen wir im Sinne unserer Aufgabe von heute nun sagen: Was wir denken, das interessiert keinen Menschen; und wer glaubt, daß seine Gedanken, insofern sie Gedanken sind, irgendeinen Menschen interessieren, der wird sich eine rednerische Aufgabe nicht stellen können. — Wir werden über diese Dinge dann noch genauer zu sprechen haben. — Und das Wollen, zu dem wir etwa eine Versammlung oder vielleicht auch nur einen einzelnen anderen Menschen befeuern wollen, das Wollen also, das wir etwa in unsere Rede hineinlegen wollen, das ärgert die Menschen, das weisen sie instinktiv zurück.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":202,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/339/1921-10-11/p009"},{"locus":"GA 339/1921-10-11/p010","passage_number":10,"text":"Man hat es zunächst mit dem Wirken verschiedener Instinkte zu tun, wenn man rednerisch an die Menschen herantritt. 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