{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 68b/1906-11-30/p028","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"If, for example, we were to impose our modern culture on the Hindus, we would only wipe out their original culture. If we want to bring the culture of the higher peoples into the lower one, we must know the preconditions; with the ever-increasing racial mixing, the underlying conditions should be considered. It is the purpose of Theosophy to intervene here and to bring about the observance of a correct system. He who would lead men to higher culture must know how to approach the blood of men from without. He cannot bring culture to man unless his blood reacts. Thus the wisdom of the saying is expressed for all culture:","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"42. Blood is a Very Special Fluid","site_heading":null,"date":"1906-11-30","location":null,"word_count":111,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/68b/1906-11-30/p028","alignment_confidence":"high","alignment_reason":"beads:identity","two_voice_volume":false,"translation_credit":{"scope":"unit","status":"established","translator":"Steiner Online Library","identified_edition":"SOL2024","book_title":"The Circular Flow of Man's Life within the World Of Sense, Soul And Spirit","publisher":"Steiner Online Library","publisher_inferred":true,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA068b/English/SOL2024/19061130p01.html","evidence":"lecture_page_line","publisher_note":"The publisher is inferred from the edition code in this lecture's source URL, not stated by the source page. 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Wenn man die Kultur der höheren Völker in die niedere hereinbringen will, muss man die Vorbedingungen kennen; bei den immer größer werdenden Rassenmischungen sollten die zugrunde liegenden Verhältnisse erwogen werden. Hier einzugreifen und zu bewirken, dass ein richtiges System befolgt werde, dazu ist die Theosophie berufen. Wer die Menschen zu höherer Kultur führen will, muss wissen, wie er sich von außen dem Blute der Menschen zu nähern hat. Er kann dem Menschen keine Kultur bringen, wenn nicht dessen Blut reagiert. 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