Unless these are read, they cannot seriously affect the thought and action of members of the public; they remain in secluded library alcoves, and are studied and understood only by a few intellectuals.
Dewey argues that without engagement, scholarly works will not influence public thought or action.
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What he believes, hopes for and aims at is the outcome of association and intercourse.
Extensive, enduring, intricate and serious indirect consequences of the conjoint activity of a comparatively few persons traverse the globe.
For the very familiarity with the phenomena conceals their significance and blinds us to their relation to immediate political problems.
The ties which hold men together in action are numerous, tough and subtle.