Human nature exists and operates in an environment. And it is not 'in' that environment as coins are in a box, but as a plant is in the sunlight and soil.
John DeweyThe spontaneous power of the child, his demand for self-expression, can not by any possibility be suppressed.
John DeweySocial engaged intellectuals must accept reality as they found it and shape it toward positive social goals, not stand aside in self-righteous isolation.
John Dewey