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But they also suggest that actual states exhibit traits which perform the function that has been stated and which serve as marks of anything to be called a state.
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John Dewey
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gutenberg.orgJohn Dewey: “But they also suggest that actual states exhibit traits which perform the function that has been stated and which serve…”
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He notes that actual states exhibit traits that define their nature.
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