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Und wenn wir gerade hier in Stuttgart einen Arbeiter auf diesem Gebiete von außerordentlicher Bedeutung haben (Doktor Unger), so ist das als eine wohltätige Strömung innerhalb unserer Bewegung zu betrachten. Denn diese Bewegung wird in ihren tiefsten Teilen nicht durch diejenigen ihre Geltung in der Welt erlangen, die nur die Tatsachen der höheren Welt hören wollen, sondern durch solche, welche die Geduld besitzen, in eine Gedankentechnik einzudringen, die einen realen Grund für ein wirklich gediegenes Arbeiten schafft, die ein Skelett schafft für das Arbeiten in der höheren Welt.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":121,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/246/1908-08-17/p038"}],"english":["GA 246/1908-08-17/p038"],"method":"identity","confidence":"high","correspondence":"established","length_check":{"de_words":121,"en_words":125,"ratio":1.03,"partial":false},"pairing_state":"verified","verified":true,"evidence":["length","meaning","anchors","audit"]},"witness_completeness":{"ratio":1.02,"band":"comparable","note":null,"word_count":7990,"original_word_count":7843,"may_be_abridged":false},"witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"Steiner Online Library","identified_edition":"SOL2025","book_title":"Supplements to Member Lectures","publisher":"Steiner Online Library","publisher_inferred":true,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA246/English/SOL2025/19080817s01.html","evidence":"lecture_page_line","publisher_note":"The publisher is inferred from the edition code in this lecture's source URL, not stated by the source page. 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