John Dewey: “The life-history of an animal cell is conditioned upon connection with what other cells are doing.”

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

The local communities without intent or forecast found their affairs conditioned by remote and invisible organizations.

What he believes, hopes for and aims at is the outcome of association and intercourse.

But it indicates where the problem resides, whatever guise it assumes.