A man who has not been seen in the daily relations of life may inspire admiration, emulation, servile subjection, fanatical partisanship, hero worship; but not love and understanding, save as they radiate from the attachments of a near-by union.
Dewey discusses how admiration for distant figures lacks the depth of love that comes from close personal relationships.
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