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Über diesen von Mephistopheles ausgesprochenen Satz findet man mitunter recht eigentümliche Erklärungen. Es ist nicht möglich, sie hier alle zu besprechen, nur auf Professor Minor möchte ich hinweisen, der einen dreibändigen Faust-Kommentar geschrieben hat. Er gibt folgende Erklärung: Mephistopheles sagt spöttisch: «Blut ist ein ganz besonderer Saft», denn er mag das Blut nicht leiden und verlangt darum eine Unterschrift, die mit Blut geschrieben sein soll.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":97,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/68b/1906-11-30/p003"}],"english":["GA 68b/1906-11-30/p003"],"method":"identity","confidence":"high","correspondence":"established","length_check":{"de_words":97,"en_words":107,"ratio":1.1,"partial":false},"pairing_state":"verified","verified":true,"evidence":["length","meaning","anchors","audit"]},"witness_completeness":{"ratio":1.09,"band":"comparable","note":null,"word_count":2963,"original_word_count":2719,"may_be_abridged":false},"witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"Steiner Online Library","identified_edition":"SOL2024","book_title":"The Circular Flow of Man's Life within the World Of Sense, Soul And Spirit","publisher":"Steiner Online Library","publisher_inferred":true,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA068b/English/SOL2024/19061130p01.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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