{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 270/1924-04-11/p012","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"Actually, lassitude to a very great degree has infiltrated the Anthroposophical Society in the last few years. To remove this forever is to be one of the many functions of this school. We should feel ourselves to be responsible for the words that we speak, we should before all things feel responsible for them, so that every word we speak, in the most serious sense, has been so fully verified by us, that we can represent it as truth. For untruthful statements, even when coming forth with good will, will work destructively within an occult movement. There must be no deceit about this, but rather the fullest clarity must reign. It comes down to this, the intention is not to allow it to wash lightly over a person, but the intention is to arrive at the absolute truth. And among the first responsibilities of a student of the esoteric, is that he not only feel a commitment to relate what he believes to be the truth, but that a commitment is felt to verify that the things that are said are actual objective truths. For only when (in the sense of objective truth) we have won godly spiritual might, the strength of which runs through this school, will we thereby be able to steer our way through all the difficulties that will beset Anthroposophy.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"meaning_warning":"A sentence of this translation says something the German does not; translation_faults names it, with the German. quote_safe certifies the words, not the meaning: do not quote that sentence as Steiner's meaning. 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The translator IS verified for this lecture: its own source names the translator (evidence: the lecture's page, rsarchive's lecture list, or the cover of the book it was published in), and that page's text was matched against this unit (see match_score and source_url). Cite the translator with confidence; attribute the publisher only as probable."},"edition_coverage":{"de":["original"],"en":["English"]},"available_versions":[{"lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/270/1924-04-11/p012"}],"translation_faults":[{"locus":"GA 270/1924-04-11/p012","translation":"John Riedel (rsarchive SOL2023)","kinds":["substitution"],"sentence":"It comes down to this, the intention is not to allow it to wash lightly over a person, but the intention is to arrive at the absolute truth.","note":"This sentence changes what the German says. The German says that it is not intentions that matter, for people often take those very lightly, but objective truth. The translation keeps the word but inverts its role: 'the intention is not to allow it to wash lightly over a person, but the intention is to arrive at the absolute truth', so the point that good intentions do not excuse untrue statements is lost.","german_locus":"GA 270/1924-04-11_02/p012","german_sentence":"Nicht Absichten sind es, auf die es ankommt, denn die nimmt der Mensch oftmals sehr leicht, sondern objektive","german_url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/270/1924-04-11_02/p012","found":"Flagged by a reader in paragraph-pairing batch 5 (index-cited, packets 241-300) of 5 November 2026; confirmed against the German and the printed volume on 6 November 2026; a blind re-check of ten sampled candidates confirmed five of the seven sampled faults, and the two it disputed were held out; warning approved by the operator on 6 November 2026.","advice":"The words are quoted correctly from this translation, but this sentence does not say what the German says. 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The translation turns service into acquisition: 'only when (in the sense of objective truth) we have won godly spiritual might, the strength of which runs through this school'.","german_locus":"GA 270/1924-04-11_02/p013","german_sentence":"Denn nur, wenn wir im Sinne der objektiven Wahrheit dienen den göttlich-geistigen Mächten, deren Kräfte durch diese Schule gehen, werden wir hindurchsteuern können durch all diejenigen Schwierigkeiten, die sich der Anthroposophie bieten werden.","german_url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/270/1924-04-11_02/p013","found":"Flagged by a reader in paragraph-pairing batch 5 (index-cited, packets 241-300) of 5 November 2026; confirmed against the German and the printed volume on 6 November 2026; this sentence was found in the flagged paragraph by the checker; a blind re-check of ten sampled candidates confirmed five of the seven sampled faults, and the two it disputed were held out; warning approved by the operator on 6 November 2026.","advice":"The words are quoted correctly from this translation, but this sentence does not say what the German says. 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