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John Dewey Quotes: The religious is any activity pursued in behalf of an ideal end against obstacles and in spite of threats of personal loss because of its general and enduring value.
         

The religious is any activity pursued in behalf of an ideal end against obstacles and in spite of threats of personal loss because of its general and enduring value.


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To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness.



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I believe that education is the fundamental method of social progress and reform.



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