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

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            vermöchten; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s113" xml:space="preserve">ein entſprechendes Gefühl belebt die Phantaſie der
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            reinen, ſittlichen, männlichen Iugend. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s114" xml:space="preserve">Es ſind dies ſchlummernde
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            Gefühle, die dem Erwachen entgegenharren, und die auch in
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            vollſter Stärke zu einer erhabenen Liebe emporflammen können,
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            wenn das dunkel Erſehnte gefunden wird; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s115" xml:space="preserve">zu jener Liebe, die
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            mit Recht von Dichtern als des Lebens beſeligendſte Zeit ge-
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            ſchildert wird. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s116" xml:space="preserve">— Auch hier iſt ohne Zweifel der Urſprung
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            der Neigung dem des tieriſchen Inſtinkts gleich, und nennt
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            man jenen angeboren und ſchlummernd bis zu den reifern
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            Jahren, ſo kann man auch dieſen ſo nennen. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s117" xml:space="preserve">Allein wie
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            himmelweit dieſe Neigung von dem tieriſchen Inſtinkt iſt, das
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            brauchen wir wohl denen nicht zu ſagen, die je im Leben des
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            Glückes teilhaft waren oder ſich auch nur erhoben fühlten im
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            Anſchauen einer ehelichen Liebe, die ſelbſt der Tod oft nicht zu
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            löſen vermag.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s119" xml:space="preserve">So dunkel auch der Urſprung der Neigungen, ſo ſicher
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            iſt man jetzt darüber, daß der Sitz derſelben ebenfalls im Ge-
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            hirn iſt.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s121" xml:space="preserve">Ehedem hegte man gerade hierüber die falſcheſten Mei-
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            nungen, man gab dem, was man Empfindungen, Gefühle,
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            Leidenſchaften u. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s122" xml:space="preserve">ſ. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s123" xml:space="preserve">w. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s124" xml:space="preserve">nannte, ſeinen Sitz in verſchiedenen
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            Teilen des Körpers. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s125" xml:space="preserve">Liebe, Haß, Mitleid, Sorge ſollten im
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            Herzen wohnen; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s126" xml:space="preserve">dem Zorn ſchrieb man ſeinen Sitz in der
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            Leber zu und meinte, daß der Ärger nur durch Erguß der
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            Galle entſtehe. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s127" xml:space="preserve">Ähnlich ſchrieb man viele andere natürliche
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            Neigungen und Abneigungen beſtimmten Organen zu, ſo daß
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            man ſo weit ging, nicht nur den Stolz in der Bruſt zu ſehen,
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            ſondern aus dem gewölbten oder flachen Bau der Bruſthöhle
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            auf das zu ſchließen, was man in derſelben wohnend vermutete.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s129" xml:space="preserve">Die Wiſſenſchaft der neuen Zeit hat dieſe Irrtümer von
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            ſich abgethan und nachgewieſen, daß die verſchiedenen Neigungen
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            wohl verſchieden einwirken auf die Thätigkeit des Herzens, daß
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            die Nervenverbindung aller Organe des Leibes mit dem </s>
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