The vine of pedant theory is attached at both ends to the pillars of observed subject-matter.
JOHN DEWEYThe local is the only universal, upon that all art is built.
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As long as politics is the shadow of big business, the attenuation of the shadow will not change the substance.
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The ultimate function of literature is to appreciate the world, sometimes indignantly, sometimes sorrowfully, but best of all to praise when it is luckily possible.
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Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.
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Education is not preparation for life, Education is life itself.
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The local is the only universal, upon that all art is built.
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Thinking is not a case of spontaneous combustion; it does not occur just on general principles.
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A problem well-defined is a problem half solved.
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Reflection involves not simply a sequence of ideas, but a consequence – a consecutive ordering in such a way that each determines the next as its proper outcome, while each in turn leans back on its predecessors.
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The educational process has no end beyond itself; it is its own end.
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In object lessons in elementary education and in laboratory instruction in higher education, the subject is often so treated that the student fails to see the forest on account of the trees.
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Holding the mind to a subject is like holding a ship to its course; it implies constant change of place combined with unity of direction.
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Never let fear define who you are, and never let where you came from determine where you are going.
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Like the soil, mind is fertilized while it lies fallow, until a new burst of bloom ensues.
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Most notable distinction between living and inanimate beings is that the former maintain themselves by renewal.
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To me, faith means not worrying.
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