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The enormous first fish, which consisted only of a gelatinous mass, is the ancestor that carried in its vertebrae the possibility for the development of amphibians, fish, mammals and humans. Thus, the physical human being is to be understood only as a temporary phenomenon that changes its mineral substances daily and whose sense organs will not remain as they are today, but will adapt to the higher human stages of development and carry the power of transformation within themselves.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"14. 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So ist das Lanzettfischchen, das nur aus der Wirbelsäule besteht, ein Abbild im Kleinen der ersten lebendig empfindenden Form, in der der Logos sich manifestierte. Der ungeheure, erste Fisch, der nur aus gallertartiger Masse bestand, ist der Urahn, welcher in seinen Wirbelknochen die Möglichkeit zur Entwicklung der Amphibien, der Fische, der Säugetiere und des Menschen trug. 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