If inquirers confine themselves to observed phenomena, the behavior of kings, presidents, legislators, judges, sheriffs, assessors and all other public officials, surely a reasonable consensus is not difficult to attain.
Dewey asserts that a consensus can be reached by focusing on observable actions of public officials, despite differing opinions on their roles.
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Vision is a spectator; hearing is a participator.
That and that only gives reality to public opinion.
But the wingèd words of conversation in immediate intercourse have a vital import lacking in the fixed and frozen words of written speech.
We lie, as Emerson said, in the lap of an immense intelligence.