Our concern at this time is to state how it is that the machine age in developing the Great Society has invaded and partially disintegrated the small communities of former times without generating a Great Community.
Dewey discusses the impact of the machine age on small communities and the lack of a cohesive Great Community.
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We lie, as Emerson said, in the lap of an immense intelligence.
Vision is a spectator; hearing is a participator.
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