Words
of welcome by the chairman of the State Economic Society:
“Ladies and Gentlemen, it is no longer necessary to
introduce to you the lecturer of this evening: Dr. Rudolf
Steiner! He has been in our town for a whole week and has
expounded with singular energy and great oratory skill his
views on important areas of human life in a number of public
lectures.
Today, following the invitation of our State Economic Society,
he wants to present to us the social views which he already
developed in l9l9. He developed them, as you know, in the
well-known book `The Essentials of the Social Question in the
Necessities of Life in the Present and the Future'.
I
have the honour to welcome Dr. Steiner in our midst, and I
thank you for coming here to introduce us to the thoughts of
your social views. I can assure you, that here in
Norway too there are many who are following your social
strivings with great interest in a time when such dark
threatening clouds are on the social horizon.
And
perhaps more than in an earlier time of world history it is now
necessary that all good forces unite to solve the ever more
appearing social questions. And every serious proposal, every
plan, every spiritual effort which is put before us in this
direction, deserves an unprejudiced and thorough investigation.
We look forward to hearing how you yourself will develop your
own views about the three-folding of the economic life, about
that which you regard as the cardinal economic question of our
time. I now have the honour of giving you the floor.”
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