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A distinction should always be made, particularly when dealing with an art such as Eurythmy, which reveals so directly, so truly and so sincerely, the life of the human being in its threefold aspect of body, soul and spirit—a distinction should always be made between what can legitimately be revealed through the medium of any particular art and what does not lie within its true scope.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"A Lecture on Eurythmy","site_heading":null,"date":"1923-08-26","location":null,"word_count":131,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/277d/1923-08-26/p083","alignment_confidence":"medium","alignment_reason":"beads:embedding","two_voice_volume":false,"translation_credit":{"scope":"unit","status":"established","translator":"A. C. 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So habe ich auch immer gesagt, wenn ich gefragt worden bin: Wie alt kann man sein, wenn man eurythmisieren will? - ich habe immer gesagt: Eine Altersgrenze gibt es nicht; von drei Jahren angefangen bis neunzig Jahre kann man durchaus in der Eurythmie seine Persönlichkeit stellen, denn es kann jedes Lebensalter wie ja sonst auch seine Schönheiten offenbaren, so auch durchaus in der Eurythmie seine Schönheiten offenbaren.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":175,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/277d/1923-08-26/p050"}],"english":["GA 277d/1923-08-26/p083"],"method":"reader","confidence":"high","correspondence":"established","length_check":{"de_words":175,"en_words":131,"ratio":0.75,"partial":false},"pairing_state":"verified","verified":true,"evidence":["reader"],"reader_german":["GA 277d/1923-08-26/p050"],"reader_part":true},"witness_completeness":{"ratio":1.27,"band":"comparable","note":null,"word_count":8808,"original_word_count":6935,"may_be_abridged":false},"witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"A. 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