John Dewey: “This, we repeat, can be found only in the vital, steady, and deep…”

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This, we repeat, can be found only in the vital, steady, and deep relationships which are present only in an immediate community.

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John Dewey

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Dewey reiterates that true fulfillment is found in the relationships fostered within immediate communities.

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But the wingèd words of conversation in immediate intercourse have a vital import lacking in the fixed and frozen words of written speech.

Publication is partial and the public which results is partially informed and formed until the meanings it purveys pass from mouth to mouth.

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John Dewey: “This, we repeat, can be found only in the vital, steady, and deep relationships which are present only in an immediate…”