It is enough for present purposes if the problem has been clarified:--if we have seen that the outstanding problem of the Public is discovery and identification of itself, and if we have succeeded, in however groping a manner, in apprehending the conditions upon which the resolution of the problem depends.
Dewey identifies the primary challenge for the public as understanding its own identity.
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