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Green and red lines, marking out political boundaries, are on the maps and affect legislation and jurisdiction of courts, but railways, mails and telegraph-wires disregard them.
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John Dewey
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Dewey highlights how modern communication and transportation systems transcend political boundaries.
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But he does so only at the cost of repression of those of his potentialities which can be realized only through membership in other groups.
For the older symbols of ideal life still engage thought and command loyalty.
They are reflections into the singular human being of customs and institutions; they are not natural, that is, “native,” organic propensities.
But in this respect he does not differ from those explicitly designated public officials who have also been known to betray the interest committed to them instead of faithfully representing it.