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The habits thus formed would have entrusted to them the meeting of future social requirements and the development of the future state of society.
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John Dewey
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Dewey asserts that habits formed in education should prepare individuals for future societal needs.
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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.
But the wingèd words of conversation in immediate intercourse have a vital import lacking in the fixed and frozen words of written speech.
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