John Dewey: “They are still more dependent upon the prevailing habits of attention and interest which are set by tradition and…”

Freedom presented itself as an end in itself, though it signified in fact liberation from oppression and tradition.

Personal loyalties to elders take the place of political obedience.

For the older symbols of ideal life still engage thought and command loyalty.

There are those who speak as if ability to choose between two tickets were a high exercise of individual freedom.