John Dewey: “If we do not bear the facts steadily in mind, it is easy--as frequently happens--to create an artificial problem.”

Nothing better exhibits the scope of the movement than the fact that philosophic theories of knowledge made the same appeal to the self, or ego, in the form of personal consciousness identified with mind itself, that political theory made…

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

The democratic public is still largely inchoate and unorganized.

The idea remains barren and empty save as it is incarnated in human relationships.