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The important consideration is that opportunity be given that idea to spread and to become the possession of the multitude.
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John Dewey
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Dewey stresses the importance of allowing new ideas to reach a wider audience for societal benefit.
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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.
We lie, as Emerson said, in the lap of an immense intelligence.
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.
Vision is a spectator; hearing is a participator.