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The problem lies deeper; it is in the first instance an intellectual problem: the search for conditions under which the Great Society may become the Great Community.
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John Dewey
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Dewey highlights the intellectual challenge of transforming society into a cohesive community.
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That and that only gives reality to public opinion.
Competition will continue, but it will be less rivalry for acquisition of material goods, and more an emulation of local groups to enrich direct experience with appreciatively enjoyed intellectual and artistic wealth.
Systematic and continuous inquiry into all the conditions which affect association and their dissemination in print is a precondition of the creation of a true public.
But the wingèd words of conversation in immediate intercourse have a vital import lacking in the fixed and frozen words of written speech.