Not only is social life identical with communication, but all communication (and hence all genuine social life) is educative.

If there is one conclusion to which human experience unmistakably points it is that democratic ends demand democratic methods for their realization.

Collateral learning in the way of formation of enduring attitudes, of likes and dislikes, may be and often is much more important than the spelling lesson or lesson in geography or history that is learned.

As some species die out, forms better adapted to utilize the obstacles against which they struggled in vain come into being.

The method of democracy is to bring conflicts out into the open where their special claims can be seen and appraised, where they can be discussed and judged.

The school has the function of coordinating within the disposition of each individual the diverse influences of the various social environments into which he enters.

The religious is any activity pursued in behalf of an ideal end against obstacles and in spite of threats of personal loss because of its general and enduring value.