The young have to be brought within the traditions, outlook and interests which characterize a community by means of education: by unremitting instruction and by learning in connection with the phenomena of overt association.
Dewey emphasizes the importance of education in integrating the youth into community traditions and interests.
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Publication is partial and the public which results is partially informed and formed until the meanings it purveys pass from mouth to mouth.
The problem of securing diffused and seminal intelligence can be solved only in the degree in which local communal life becomes a reality.
That and that only gives reality to public opinion.
Competition will continue, but it will be less rivalry for acquisition of material goods, and more an emulation of local groups to enrich direct experience with appreciatively enjoyed intellectual and artistic wealth.