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He can let this happen the easy way by passing in a state of unconsciousness. But Spiritual Science is there to prevent this happening. It has to draw attention to what is now taking place in the evolution of mankind. Whoever holds people back from Spiritual Science is doing no less than forcing them not consciously but unconsciously to approach the Guardian of the Threshold who appears on mankind's horizon in this particular epoch.","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":201,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/188/1919-01-03/p019","alignment_confidence":"high","alignment_reason":"beads:length","two_voice_volume":false,"translation_credit":{"scope":"unit","status":"established","translator":"Violet E. 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Aber in einem gewissen Grade muß der Mensch einfach bis zum Ende der Bewußtseinsseelenentwickelung an dem Hüter der Schwelle vorbeigeschritten sein. Er kann nun die Bequemlichkeit haben, dieses Vorbeischreiten ganz im Unterbewußtsein zu lassen. Daß dies aber nicht geschehe, dazu ist gerade Geisteswissenschaft da. Sie soll darauf aufmerksam machen, daß das eben jetzt zu den Geschehnissen gehört, die sich in der Menschheitsentwickelung vollziehen. Und derjenige, der heute die Leute abhält von Geisteswissenschaft, will eigentlich nichts Geringeres, als die Menschen zwingen, nicht bewußt, sondern unbewußt am Hüter der Schwelle vorbeizukommen, der eben einfach in diesem Zeitalter in den Horizont der Menschen hereintritt.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":193,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/188/1919-01-03/p021"}],"english":["GA 188/1919-01-03/p019"],"method":"length","confidence":"high","correspondence":"established","length_check":{"de_words":193,"en_words":201,"ratio":1.04,"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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