Bernstein, Aaron, Naturwissenschaftliche Volksbücher, Bd. 12-16, 1897

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            Menſchen entzogen haben. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1070" xml:space="preserve">Lägen ſie offen im Leben dar,
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            würde man Gelegenheit gehabt haben, ihre Geſchäftigkeit zu
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            beobachten, ſo wären die klugen Menſchen gewiß weit, weit
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            früher hinter all’ dieſe ſinnreichen Mechanismen gekommen.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s1072" xml:space="preserve">Leider jedoch können wir dieſe beſchönigende Ausrede nicht
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            gelten laſſen.</s>
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          </p>
          <p>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1074" xml:space="preserve">Was liegt in ſeiner Wirkſamkeit offener als das menſchliche
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            Auge? </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1075" xml:space="preserve">Merkt nicht jedes Kind, daß man mit dem Auge
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            ſieht? </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1076" xml:space="preserve">Bietet nicht jedes Tier, das man ſchlachtet und zer-
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            ſtückelt, um den leiblichen Hunger zu ſtillen, die leichteſte Ge-
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            legenheit, ein Auge näher zu unterſuchen und den geiſtigen
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            Hunger zu ſtillen? </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1077" xml:space="preserve">— Und doch dauerte es Tauſende und aber
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            Tauſende von Jahren, bevor der erfindungsreiche Menſch
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            dahinter kam, was das Licht im Auge für eine Rolle ſpiele!</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s1078" xml:space="preserve">Und wie kam er dahinter?</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s1080" xml:space="preserve">Wiederum durch eine neue, nagelneue Erfindung, die vor
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            dreihundert Jahren (1558) ein Italiener Namens
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            machte.
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s1081" xml:space="preserve">und die man “eine dunkele Kammer” oder “Camera obſcura”
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            nennt, das Ding, vor das man ſich jetzt hinſetzt, wenn man
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            ſich photographieren laſſen will. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1082" xml:space="preserve">Als Porta das erfunden und
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            die überraſchenden Erſcheinungen ſah, die es darbietet, war er
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            gewiß außer ſich vor Erfindungsſtolz und mochte ausgerufen
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            haben: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1083" xml:space="preserve">Wo im Himmel und auf Erden iſt jemand, der der-
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            gleichen aufweiſen kann!</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s1084" xml:space="preserve">Armer Porta! Wo iſt jemand, der nicht dergleichen ſchon
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            vom Mutterleibe aus hat! Hundert Jahre nach Porta wußte
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            man erſt, daß die optiſche Einrichtung des Auges ganz und
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            gar die einer Camera obſcura iſt! — Hatten die Menſchen
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            vor Porta’s Erfindung keine Augen? </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1085" xml:space="preserve">— Sie hatten ſie wie
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            wir; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1086" xml:space="preserve">aber leider muß man von den erfindungsſtolzen Menſchen
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            ſagen: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1087" xml:space="preserve">ſie haben Augen, und — ſie ſehen nicht!</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s1088" xml:space="preserve">Doch — wir müſſen noch ein paar Schritte weiter gehen, um
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            das, was wir eigentlich wollen, noch deutlicher ſagen zu können.</s>
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