{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 65/1916-04-13/p057","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"Does it not seem almost like a realization of what we are living in when we measure such a consideration of the national soul against all that is said today about the nature of Germanness? It is indeed our time that these things are put together. As you have seen in Victor Hugo, there were times when Germanic character could be regarded in a way that was in line with today's developments, even if not in these terms. Yes, such sentiments have been felt time and again. And there were quite a few until recently and there are certainly still some now – quite a few until recently, who also made themselves heard, pointing out how wrong it is to treat German civilization as it has been treated, for example, by the British. I can refer to words that were printed on August 2, 1914. The words were printed: “England's war against Germany in Serbia and Russia's interest is a sin against civilization.” On August 2, 1914, these words appeared in the “Times” in London, signed by C. G. Brown, Cambridge University; Burkitt, Cambridge University; Carpenter, Oxford University; Ramsay, formerly of Aberdeen University; Selbie, Oxford University; J. J. Thomson, Cambridge University. And added to these words are: We cannot know, but it may turn out – or something like that – that our country could be involved in this war through all kinds of agreements. We hope not, but if it happened, we would have to – out of a sense of patriotism, of course – well, there is something like: – keep our mouths shut. – Well, these things are not only in England, of course. But we do not want to hope – the Englishmen in question continued – that this could happen to a people that is so close to us and has so much in common with us.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"14. The Development of the German Soul","site_heading":null,"date":"1916-04-13","location":null,"word_count":312,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/65/1916-04-13/p057","alignment_confidence":"high","alignment_reason":"beads:identity","two_voice_volume":false,"translation_credit":{"scope":"unit","status":"established","translator":"Steiner Online Library","identified_edition":"SOL2024","book_title":"From Central European Intellectual Life","publisher":"Steiner Online Library","publisher_inferred":true,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA065/English/SOL2024/19160413p01.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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Und es waren doch recht, recht viele bis vor kurzer Zeit und sind gewiß auch jetzt noch manche, — recht viele aber bis vor kurzer Zeit, die sich auch vernehmen ließen, wie unrecht es ist, deutscher Gesittung so zu begegnen, wie ihm zum Beispiel von seiten des Britentums begegnet worden ist. Da kann ich mich ja berufen auf Worte, die am 2. August 1914 gedruckt worden sind. Da sind die Worte gedruckt worden: «Krieg Englands gegen Deutschland in Serbiens und Rußlands Interesse ist eine Sünde gegen die Gesittung.» Am 2. August 1914 standen diese Worte in den «Times» in London, und unterschrieben waren sie von C. G. Brown, Universität Cambridge; Burkitt, Universität Cambridge; Carpenter, Universität Oxford; Ramsay, früher Universität Aberdeen; Selbie, Universität Oxford; J. J. Thomson, Universität Cambridge. Und hinzugesetzt ist diesen Worten: Wir können es nicht wissen, aber es kann sich ergeben — so ungefähr heißt es -, daß durch allerlei Abmachungen unser Land in diesen Krieg verwickelt werden könnte. Wir wollen es nicht hoffen, wir müßten aber dann, wenn es geschähe, aus vaterJländischer Gesinnung selbstverständlich - ja, es steht da so etwas wie: — den Mund halten. — Nun, diese Dinge sind ja natürlich nicht nur in England. — Aber wir wollen nicht hoffen — so schrieben die betreffenden Engländer weiter -, daß das kommen könnte gegenüber einem Volk, das so verwandt ist mit uns und das so viel Gemeinsames mit uns hat.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":318,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/65/1916-04-13/p057"}],"english":["GA 65/1916-04-13/p057"],"method":"identity","confidence":"high","correspondence":"established","length_check":{"de_words":318,"en_words":312,"ratio":0.98,"partial":false},"pairing_state":"verified","verified":true,"evidence":["length","meaning","anchors","audit"]},"witness_completeness":{"ratio":1.06,"band":"comparable","note":null,"word_count":12620,"original_word_count":11914,"may_be_abridged":false},"witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"Steiner Online Library","identified_edition":"SOL2024","book_title":"From Central European Intellectual Life","publisher":"Steiner Online Library","publisher_inferred":true,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA065/English/SOL2024/19160413p01.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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