John Dewey: “Success in military achievement is an irrelevant factor which has controlled the selection of men to rule.”

That and that only gives reality to public opinion.

Competition will continue, but it will be less rivalry for acquisition of material goods, and more an emulation of local groups to enrich direct experience with appreciatively enjoyed intellectual and artistic wealth.

Systematic and continuous inquiry into all the conditions which affect association and their dissemination in print is a precondition of the creation of a true public.

We lie, as Emerson said, in the lap of an immense intelligence.