John Dewey: “They had no faith that human beings released from the pressure of this system could hold together in any unity.”

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

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

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.

But the wingèd words of conversation in immediate intercourse have a vital import lacking in the fixed and frozen words of written speech.