As we have seen there is some kind of continuity in any case since eve…

John Dewey
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As we have seen there is some kind of continuity in any case since every experience affects for better or worse the attitudes which help decide the quality of further experiences, by setting up certain preference and aversion, and making it easier or harder to act for this or that end. ✨ John Dewey, Jo Ann Boydston, Steven M. Cahn (2008). The Later Works, 1925-1953: 1938-1939, p.20, SIU Press
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