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Failure to take note of the fact that the character of twentieth-century humanity differs from that of humanity in the fifteenth century, let alone before and at the time of the Mystery of Golgotha, is to sleep through the process of world evolution.

Failure to take note of the fact that the character of twentieth-century humanity differs from that of humanity in the fifteenth century, let alone before and at the time of the Mystery of Golgotha, is to sleep through the process of world evolution.

Approximate author period: c. 1893 AD · industrial

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Rudolf Steiner
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Approximate author period: c. 1893 AD · industrial
Approximate period for the recorded attribution to Rudolf Steiner, based on documented lifetime 1861 to 1925. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q78484 (checked 2026-10-08). This is not a quotation composition date or independent authentication of its attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q78484 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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