John Dewey: “But it entered into the life of most human beings not through its universality, as far as their thoughts and habits were…”

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.

That and that only gives reality to public opinion.

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