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

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            Die Muskeln ſind ſchlaff geworden. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s970" xml:space="preserve">Die Knorpel verknöchern.
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s971" xml:space="preserve">Die Lager zwiſchen den Knochen verlieren ihre Fettigkeit, ſo
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            daß ſelbſt die Körperlänge des Greiſes abnimmt. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s972" xml:space="preserve">Das Knochen-
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            gerüſte tritt aus der Umhüllung kenntlicher als ſonſt im Leben
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            hervor. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s973" xml:space="preserve">Der Blick iſt erſtarrt, das Ohr iſt ſtumpf, das Haupt
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            iſt gebeugt, der Unterkiefer ſinkt unwillkürlich nieder. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s974" xml:space="preserve">Der
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            ſeltener werdende Atem dehnt kaum mehr die eingeſunkene
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            Bruſt. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s975" xml:space="preserve">Das Blut ſtrömt ſchwach und langſam durch ſeine
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            Bahn, — bis die letzte Stunde naht, in welcher der Menſch
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            aufhört ein Bürger dieſer Welt zu ſein.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s977" xml:space="preserve">Gleicht der Menſch in dieſem Punkte der Pflanze und dem
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            Tiere, ſo unterſcheidet er ſich doch darin von dieſen Weſen,
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            daß auch ſein Geiſt eine Lebensgeſchichte hat, eine Geſchichte
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            des Aufſchwunges, der Ausdehnung, der Entfaltung und des
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            Wachstums während der Kindheit und der Jugend. </s>
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            Leib in dieſem Lebensabſchnitt mit ungemeiner Kraft ſich ſtärkt
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            und zunimmt, ebenſo iſt es mit dem Geiſte der Fall. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s979" xml:space="preserve">Wenn
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            der Leib der Jugend am lieblichſten iſt, iſt auch der Geiſt am
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            ſchönſten und poetiſchſten. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s980" xml:space="preserve">Mit dem Mannesalter iſt die Leibes-
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            kraft am ſtärkſten, und ſie erfüllt ihre Beſtimmung in der Fort-
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            pflanzung; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s981" xml:space="preserve">und ganz in gleichem Maße iſt auch die Geiſtes-
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            kraft hier am reichſten vorhanden, und hat das Beſtreben,
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            auch andere zu belehren, zu erziehen und geiſtig reifer zu
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            machen. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s982" xml:space="preserve">In der Jugend lernt der Menſch; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s983" xml:space="preserve">im Mannesalter
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            erzieht und lehrt er. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s984" xml:space="preserve">— Dies thut der Wilde ebenſo wie der
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            Gebildete, der Vater, die Mutter nicht minder wie der Lehrer,
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            die Lehrerin. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s985" xml:space="preserve">— Nur ſelten iſt der fertige Mann empfänglich
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            für neue Lehren, die die Jugend entzücken und begeiſtern, wie
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            der Leib des Mannes nicht mehr fähig iſt für neue, ungewohnte
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            Bewegungen und Anſtrengungen. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s986" xml:space="preserve">— Mit dem Herannahen des
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            Alters endlich entfremdet ſich der Geiſt des Menſchen von dem
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            Geiſte der fortgeſchrittenen Zeit. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s987" xml:space="preserve">Er wird unfruchtbar, wie der
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            Leib unfruchtbar wird. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s988" xml:space="preserve">Er fühlt ſich bald nur noch als </s>
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