John Dewey: “Reason comes into play only to find justification for the opinion which has been adopted, instead of to analyze human…”

In short, private acts may be socially valuable both by indirect consequences and by direct intention.

If one wishes to realize the distance which may lie between “facts” and the meaning of facts, let one go to the field of social discussion.

That the state should be to some a deity and to others a devil is another evidence of the defects of the premises from which discussion sets out.

Extensive, enduring, intricate and serious indirect consequences of the conjoint activity of a comparatively few persons traverse the globe.