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Meanings run in the channels formed by instrumentalities of which, in the end, language, the vehicle of thought as well as of communication, is the most important.
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John Dewey
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Dewey highlights the importance of language as a medium for thought and communication.
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We lie, as Emerson said, in the lap of an immense intelligence.
Competition will continue, but it will be less rivalry for acquisition of material goods, and more an emulation of local groups to enrich direct experience with appreciatively enjoyed intellectual and artistic wealth.
The problem of securing diffused and seminal intelligence can be solved only in the degree in which local communal life becomes a reality.
Signs and symbols, language, are the means of communication by which a fraternally shared experience is ushered in and sustained.