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Here too I beg you, my dear friends, not to consider this the superior attitude of a number of anthroposophists; I beg you not to suppose that Anthroposophy as such is claiming to judge the seriousness of the times better than people outside the Anthroposophical Movement. For one could wish that many more *inside* the Anthroposophical Movement would feel moved by what is so critical in the present state of the world. Within our own ranks today far too many are to be found who in spite of the seriousness of the times have no mind to face up to this seriousness, preferring to be occupied with their own worthy selves instead of being aroused to some interest in the great questions pulsing throughout mankind.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"I. The Difference Between Man and Animal","site_heading":null,"date":"1919-01-03","location":null,"word_count":244,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/188/1919-01-03/p005","alignment_confidence":"high","alignment_reason":"beads:length","two_voice_volume":false,"translation_credit":{"scope":"unit","status":"established","translator":"Violet E. 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Gewiß, es ist vor viele Menschen in der Gegenwart das Erschütternde der gegenwärtigen Weltenlage getreten; es gibt Menschen, die den ganzen Ernst der gegenwärtigen Zeit zu würdigen verstehen und auch schon seit einiger Zeit zu würdigen verstanden haben. Auch da bitte ich Sie, sich durchaus nicht der Hochnäsigkeit mancher Anthroposophen zu befleißigen und zu meinen, daß Anthroposophie als solche schon eine Anweisung gibt, besser den Ernst der Zeit zu würdigen, als ihn Leute würdigen, die außerhalb der anthroposophischen Bewegung stehen. Denn man möchte auch, daß innerhalb dieser anthroposophischen Bewegung gar mancher mehr in seinem Gemüte berührt würde von dem Entscheidenden in unserer gegenwärtigen Weltenlage. Man findet nur allzuhäufig gerade innerhalb unserer Reihen Menschen, die heute, trotz des Ernstes der Zeit, nicht auf diesen Ernst hinblicken mögen und lieber sich mit ihrer eigenen werten Persönlichkeit beschäftigen, statt einiges Interesse für die großen Fragen in sich zu erregen, die durch die Menschheit pulsieren.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":228,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/188/1919-01-03/p005"}],"english":["GA 188/1919-01-03/p005"],"method":"length","confidence":"high","correspondence":"established","length_check":{"de_words":228,"en_words":244,"ratio":1.07,"partial":false},"pairing_state":"proposed","verified":false},"witness_completeness":{"ratio":1.05,"band":"comparable","note":null,"word_count":8259,"original_word_count":7890,"may_be_abridged":false},"witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"Violet E. 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