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Continuity of life means continual readaptation of the environment to the needs of living organisms.
John Dewey
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John Dewey
Age: 92 †
Born: 1859
Born: October 20
Died: 1952
Died: June 1
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I believe that in this way the teacher always is the prophet of the true God and the usherer in of the true kingdom of God.
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Criticism of the commitment of religion to the supernatural is thus positive in import.
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Each generation is inclined to educate its young so as to get along in the present world instead of with a view to the proper end of education: the promotion of the best possible realization of humanity as humanity. Parents educate their children so that they may get on princes educate their subjects as instruments of their own purpose.
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