Note 13 — Section 132. THE[1] PROGRESS IN THE ART OF PRINTING.
Reading edition
The English ‘so’ in connection with a transitive verb is generally to be rendered by ‘es’. If we want to emphasize the object, however, we use either of the demonstrative pronouns ‘das’ or ‘dies’, and place it at the head of the clause; as—Do you think so? Glauben Sie es? No, I do not, Nein, das glaube ich nicht.