On the record
Men do not run together and join in a larger mass as do drops of quicksilver, and if they did the result would not be a state nor any mode of human association.
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John Dewey
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Dewey illustrates that human social behavior is more complex than mere aggregation, using the metaphor of quicksilver.
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