All history shows how difficult it is for human beings to bear effectually in mind the objects for the nominal sake of which they are clothed with power and pomp; it shows the ease with which they employ their panoply to advance private and class interests.
Dewey reflects on the historical challenges of maintaining focus on public good amidst the distractions of power and privilege.
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Publication is partial and the public which results is partially informed and formed until the meanings it purveys pass from mouth to mouth.
Signs and symbols, language, are the means of communication by which a fraternally shared experience is ushered in and sustained.
The problem of securing diffused and seminal intelligence can be solved only in the degree in which local communal life becomes a reality.
Systematic and continuous inquiry into all the conditions which affect association and their dissemination in print is a precondition of the creation of a true public.