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A state which will organize to manufacture and disseminate new ideas and new ways of thinking may come into existence some time, but such a state is a matter of faith, not sight.
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John Dewey
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gutenberg.orgJohn Dewey: “A state which will organize to manufacture and disseminate new ideas and new ways of thinking may come into existence…”
Editor's note · Context
Dewey speculates about the future possibility of a state that actively promotes new ideas.
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