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Since we must introduce it, it is better to do so knowingly than it is to smuggle it in in a way which deceives not only the customs officer--the reader--but ourselves as well.
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John Dewey
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Dewey advocates for a conscious acknowledgment of intelligence in our analysis of human actions to avoid misleading interpretations.
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