Related drafts for the first, second, and third scenes

DOCTOR STRADER: In me you see a man who was not only averse to everything that comes from that side. I did not merely resist them with my reason. I suffered the most severe struggles in life because my nature was contrary to that of the brothers. But little by little, not only my reason had to acknowledge the good. I also came close, as a human being, to a person whose nature is deeply connected with everything that comes from this union. Although I do not belong to it myself, I believe I recognize what its goal means. However, I do not want to talk about my personal attitude toward it. I only want to indicate that, in my pain, I once detached myself from all intellectual dreams and have long since served human knowledge only where it has a creative effect in practical life. Thus, I believe I know how the spirit works in matter. And precisely because I understand this, I also believe I have the right to openly confess here that the union of the high spiritual knowledge that works on that side with the practical experience of life, which rushes from triumph to triumph in the realm of matter, can only be beneficial.