John Dewey: “The idea remains barren and empty save as it is incarnated in human relationships.”

Signs and symbols, language, are the means of communication by which a fraternally shared experience is ushered in and sustained.

We lie, as Emerson said, in the lap of an immense intelligence.

Publication is partial and the public which results is partially informed and formed until the meanings it purveys pass from mouth to mouth.

That and that only gives reality to public opinion.