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The Initiates have always known that which all men were destined, in time, to know. That is why the Initiates have been called prophets.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"V. 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Durch die Wissenschaft ist eine bestimmte Zahl von Wahrheiten aus dem Reich der Natur und des sinnlich Wahrnehmbaren, die einstmals nur den Eingeweihten bekannt waren, Gemeingut geworden. Was heute die Wissenschaft kennt, war einstmals ein Mysterium. Die Eingeweihten haben schon immer gekannt, was mit der Zeit alle Menschen wissen sollten. 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