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John Dewey: Thousands feel their hollowness even if they cannot make their feeling articulate.

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Thousands feel their hollowness even if they cannot make their feeling articulate.
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John Dewey

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Dewey acknowledges that many people sense the emptiness of traditional political beliefs, even if they can't articulate it.

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