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As a child lives today, he will live tomorrow.

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John Dewey
Age: 92 †
Born: 1859
Born: October 20
Died: 1952
Died: June 1
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Of all affairs, communication is the most wonderful.
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Give the pupils something to do, not something to learn and the doing is of such a nature as to demand thinking learning naturally results.
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Things gain meaning by being used in a shared experience or joint action.
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Art is not the possession of the few who are recognized writers, painters, musicians it is the authentic expression of any and all individuality.
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most notable distinction between living and inanimate beings is that the former maintain themselves by renewal.
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[T]he schools, through reliance upon the spur of competition and the bestowing of special honors and prizes, only build up and strengthen the disposition that makes an individual when he leaves school employ his special talents and superior skill to outwit his fellow without respect for the welfare of others
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