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By various agencies, unintentional and designed, a society transforms uninitiated and seemingly alien beings into robust trustees of its own resources and ideals. Education is thus a fostering, a nurturing, a cultivating, process.
John Dewey
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John Dewey
Age: 92 †
Born: 1859
Born: October 20
Died: 1952
Died: June 1
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