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George Herbert Mead - To be interested in the public...
To be interested in the public good we must be disinterested, that is, not interested in goods in which our personal selves are wrapped up. (George Herbert Mead)

To be interested in the public good we must be disinterested, that is, not interested in goods in which our personal selves are wrapped up.

George Herbert Mead

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