John Dewey: “Meanwhile, the genuine problem is that of adjusting groups and…”

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Meanwhile, the genuine problem is that of adjusting groups and individuals to one another.

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John Dewey

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This quote identifies the real challenge as harmonizing the relationship between groups and individuals.

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Publication is partial and the public which results is partially informed and formed until the meanings it purveys pass from mouth to mouth.

Signs and symbols, language, are the means of communication by which a fraternally shared experience is ushered in and sustained.

But the wingèd words of conversation in immediate intercourse have a vital import lacking in the fixed and frozen words of written speech.

That and that only gives reality to public opinion.

John Dewey: “Meanwhile, the genuine problem is that of adjusting groups and individuals to one another.”