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They have an uncanny instinct for detecting whatever intellectual tendencies even remotely threaten to encroach upon their control.
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John Dewey
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gutenberg.orgJohn Dewey: “They have an uncanny instinct for detecting whatever intellectual tendencies even remotely threaten to encroach upon…”
Editor's note · Context
Dewey describes the ability of certain individuals to sense threats to their control over ideas.
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