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Only a part of the soul then enters the body, and this will result in the birth of an epileptic or an idiot.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"5. Human Tasks in the Higher Worlds","site_heading":null,"date":"1906-08-26","location":null,"word_count":147,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/95/1906-08-26/p019","alignment_confidence":"medium","alignment_reason":"beads:length","two_voice_volume":false,"translation_credit":{"scope":"unit","status":"established","translator":"E.H. 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