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The temper and flavor of the pioneer have evaporated with extraordinary rapidity; their precipitate, as is often noted, is apparent only in the wild-west romance and the movie.
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John Dewey
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Dewey comments on the rapid changes in societal values since the pioneer days.
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Signs and symbols, language, are the means of communication by which a fraternally shared experience is ushered in and sustained.
We lie, as Emerson said, in the lap of an immense intelligence.
The problem of securing diffused and seminal intelligence can be solved only in the degree in which local communal life becomes a reality.
That and that only gives reality to public opinion.