In like manner all thoughts and feelings would pass freely from one to another, though not necessarily communicated by speech; and all would be participants in virtue of that sympathy and solidarity uniting the members of a small isolated community.
Dewey illustrates the interconnectedness of thoughts and feelings in a small community.
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What he believes, hopes for and aims at is the outcome of association and intercourse.
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