Following this clew, we are led to remark that the consequences are of two kinds, those which affect the persons directly engaged in a transaction, and those which affect others beyond those immediately concerned.
Dewey distinguishes between the direct consequences of actions and those that impact others, highlighting the complexity of social interactions.
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Ideas which are not communicated, shared, and reborn in expression are but soliloquy, and soliloquy is but broken and imperfect thought.
Signs and symbols, language, are the means of communication by which a fraternally shared experience is ushered in and sustained.
Vision is a spectator; hearing is a participator.
Publication is partial and the public which results is partially informed and formed until the meanings it purveys pass from mouth to mouth.