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Because of their very nature, science and logical thinking can never decide what is possible or impossible. Their only function is to explain what has been ascertained by experience and observation.

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Rudolf Steiner
Age: 64 †
Born: 1861
Born: February 27
Died: 1925
Died: March 30
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Rudolf Joseph Lorenz Steiner
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