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“Just as the senses require sensible objects to stimulate them,…” quote by John Dewey — Download Open image

“Just as the senses require sensible objects to stimulate them, so our powers of observation, recollection, and imagination do not work spontaneously, but are set in motion by the demands set up by current social occupations.”

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