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For them, electricity is known by means of the telephones, bells and lights they use, by the generators and magnetos in the automobiles they drive, by the trolley cars in which they ride.
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John Dewey
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Editor's note · Context
Dewey illustrates how common people relate to electricity through its practical uses rather than its scientific principles.
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