The adulteration of knowledge is due not to its use, but to vested bias and prejudice, to one-sidedness of outlook, to vanity, to conceit of possession and authority, to contempt or disregard of human concern in its use.
Dewey identifies biases and prejudices as the true sources of corrupted knowledge.
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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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