Quote by John Dewey
Man is not logical and his intellectual history is a record of men

Man is not logical and his intellectual history is a record of mental reserves and compromises. He hangs on to what he can in his old beliefs even when he is compelled to surrender their logical basis. – John Dewey

Other quotes by John Dewey

We talk much more about individualism and liberty than our ancestors. But as so often happens, when anything becomes conscious, the consciousness is compensatory for absence in practice. – John Dewey

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Nature is the mother and the habitat of man, even if sometimes a stepmother and an unfriendly home. – John Dewey

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Education, therefore, is a process of living and not a preparation for future living. – John Dewey

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With the perspective afforded by the passage of time, where does 9/11 rank as a turning point in our national history? For the victims and their families, innocents going about their lives, suddenly and brutally murdered, no other day can ever matter as much. – Jon Meacham

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[H]istory is the sextant of states which, tossed by wind and current, would be lost in confusion if they could not fix their position. – Allan Nevins, The Gateway to History

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All that the historians give us are little oases in the desert of time, and we linger fondly in these, forgetting the vast tracks between one and another that were trodden by the weary generations of men. – John Alfred Spender, The Comments of Bagshot

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History is the devils scripture. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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“Happily ever after” depends on where we choose to end the story. – Author unknown

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