Bernstein, Aaron, Naturwissenschaftliche Volksbücher, Bd. 12-16, 1897
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            Menſchen. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s255" xml:space="preserve">Der Staat iſt nicht ein bloßes Rechenexempel,
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            ſondern ein Naturprodukt, dem man ſich nur entziehen kann,
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            weil überhaupt die menſchliche Natur nicht gefeſſelt iſt in
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            Inſtinkten, ſondern in mehr freieren Neigungen wurzelt.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s257" xml:space="preserve">Die Liebe zur Heimat, zur Geburtsſtätte, zur Vaterſtadt,
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            zum Vaterland ſind nicht bloße leere Angewöhnungen und
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            ſind ebenſowenig Inſtinkte, die blind walten. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s258" xml:space="preserve">Die Taube hat
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            einen mächtigen Inſtinkt zur Stätte ihrer Brütung, und dieſer
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            führt ſie heim und lehrt ſie den Weg über meilenweite Strecken
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            kennen. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s259" xml:space="preserve">Beim Menſchen iſt dieſer Inſtinkt nicht vorhanden;
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s260" xml:space="preserve">aber er giebt ſich in der Heimatsliebe als Neigung zu erkennen,
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            als Neigung, der man allerdings wiederum Widerſtand leiſten
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            und der man ſich durch Willenskraft entziehen kann.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s262" xml:space="preserve">Ja, die Neigung der Menſchen giebt ſich ſogar in der
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            Mode kund; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s263" xml:space="preserve">in einer Nachahmungsſucht, in dem Wohlgefallen
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            an dem Geſchmack, wenn er einmal von ſehr vielen angenommen
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            iſt. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s264" xml:space="preserve">Die Mode iſt eine Neigung; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s265" xml:space="preserve">man kann ſich ihr entziehen,
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            wenn man will; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s266" xml:space="preserve">aber man findet ſich nicht wohl in dem Be-
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            ſtreben, eine Ausnahme zu ſein, und verläßt eine längſt ge-
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            wohnte Tracht, die man einſt ſehr geſchmackvoll fand, als eine
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            Geſchmackloſigkeit, wie man eine zu oft genoſſene Speiſe mit
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            einem Gefühl des Widerwillens verläßt.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s268" xml:space="preserve">Die Neigungen ſind nicht unverbrüchliche Inſtinkte und
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            nicht leere Willkürlichkeiten, ſondern ſtehen auf einer Stufe der
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            Naturnotwendigkeit, die zugleich eine Freiheit des Wollens
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            zuläßt. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s269" xml:space="preserve">Es iſt dies ein Zuſtand, welchen unſer Verſtand ſehr
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            ſchwierig aufzufaſſen vermag; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s270" xml:space="preserve">aber es iſt ſo, und hiermit muß
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            ſich die Naturwiſſenſchaft, die nur aus Thatſachen lernen ſoll,
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            begnügen.</s>
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