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For it will be alive and flexible as well as stable, responsive to the complex and world-wide scene in which it is enmeshed.
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John Dewey
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gutenberg.orgFor it will be alive and flexible as well as stable, responsive to the complex and world-wide scene in which it is enmeshed.
Dewey describes a community that is both stable and responsive to global complexities.
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