John Dewey: “The gathering and sale of subject-matter having a public import is part of the existing pecuniary system.”

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

Systematic and continuous inquiry into all the conditions which affect association and their dissemination in print is a precondition of the creation of a true public.

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

That and that only gives reality to public opinion.