John Dewey: “Just as publics and states vary with conditions of time and place, so do the concrete functions which should be carried…”

The clear consciousness of a communal life, in all its implications, constitutes the idea of democracy.

But this conclusion is an obvious invitation to trial of forces to see where superior force lies.

For the older symbols of ideal life still engage thought and command loyalty.

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.