John Dewey: “As symbols are related to one another, the important relations of a course of events are recorded and are preserved as…”

In no two ages or places is there the same public.

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.

For the very familiarity with the phenomena conceals their significance and blinds us to their relation to immediate political problems.

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