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We accept the verdict of the past until the need of the present voices a demand for change; and even then we rarely have the courage to deny that the past was right, we merely claim that it was right for another age.
— John Dewey, Human Nature and Conduct (1922)

3d ago

We accept the verdict of the past until the need for change cries out loudly enough to force upon us a choice between the comforts of inertia and the necessity of action.

3w ago

We accept the verdict of the past until the need for change cries out loudly enough to force upon us a choice between the comforts of further compliance and the discomforts of further change.

3w ago

We accept the verdict of the past until the need for change cries out loudly enough to force upon us a choice between the comforting stability of accepted doctrine and the terrible freedom of intellectual adventure.

3w ago

We accept the verdict of the past until the need for change cries out loudly enough to force upon us a choice between the comforts of further inertia and the exertion involved in a new action.

1mo ago

We accept the verdict of the past until the need for change cries out loudly enough to force upon us a choice between the comforts of inertia and the terrors of a too-little-explored future.

1mo ago

We accept the verdict of the past until the need for change cries out loudly enough to force upon us a choice between the comforts of inertia and the terrors of growth.

2mo ago

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