Knowledge falters when imagination clips its wings or fears to use the…

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Knowledge falters when imagination clips its wings or fears to use them. ✨ William James, John Dewey, John M. Capps, Donald Capps (2005). James and Dewey on Belief and Experience, p.212, University of Illinois Press
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Knowledge falters when imagination clips its wings or fears to use them. ✨ William James, John Dewey, John M. Capps, Donald Capps (2005). James and Dewey on Belief and Experience, p.212, University of Illinois Press

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