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A single man when he is joined in marriage is different in that connection to what he was as single or to what he is in some other union, as a member, say, of a club.
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John Dewey
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gutenberg.orgJohn Dewey: “A single man when he is joined in marriage is different in that connection to what he was as single or to what he is in…”
Editor's note · Context
Dewey illustrates how a person's identity and behavior change when they enter into different social unions, such as marriage.
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