John Dewey: “A mechanic can discourse of ohms and amperes as Sir Isaac Newton could not in his day.”

They are made that way; it is “the nature of the beast.” We do not gain anything by inserting instincts to run, creep, swim and fly between the structure and the act.

But in this respect he does not differ from those explicitly designated public officials who have also been known to betray the interest committed to them instead of faithfully representing it.

The local communities without intent or forecast found their affairs conditioned by remote and invisible organizations.

Personal loyalties to elders take the place of political obedience.