John Dewey: “In most circles it is hard work to sustain conversation on a political theme; and once initiated, it is quickly…”

Ideas which are not communicated, shared, and reborn in expression are but soliloquy, and soliloquy is but broken and imperfect thought.

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

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.