It may be said that an education which does not succeed in making poet…

John Dewey
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It may be said that an education which does not succeed in making poetry a resource in the business of life as well as in its leisure, has something the matter with it. ✨ John Dewey (2015). Democracy and Education, p.244, Sheba Blake Publishing
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It may be said that an education which does not succeed in making poetry a resource in the business of life as well as in its leisure, has something the matter with it. ✨ John Dewey (2015). Democracy and Education, p.244, Sheba Blake Publishing

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