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John Dewey: “But this conclusion is an obvious invitation to trial of forces to see where superior force lies.”

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But this conclusion is an obvious invitation to trial of forces to see where superior force lies.
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John Dewey

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Dewey suggests that the conclusion about authority invites a struggle for power.

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