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John Dewey: “For it will be alive and flexible as well as stable, responsive to the complex and world-wide scene in which it is…”

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For it will be alive and flexible as well as stable, responsive to the complex and world-wide scene in which it is enmeshed.
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John Dewey

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Dewey describes a community that is both stable and responsive to global complexities.

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