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When it comes it will arrive because the beneficial consequences of new ideas have become an article of common faith and repute.
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John Dewey
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gutenberg.orgWhen it comes it will arrive because the beneficial consequences of new ideas have become an article of common faith and repute.
Dewey suggests that the acceptance of new ideas will come when their benefits are widely recognized.
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They persist as emotional cries rather than as reasoned ideas.
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