When we first published The Survival of Civilization in April, 1982, my friends the Hamakers added my preceding words (from Chapter 4) here in front to complement those of Blaise Pascal, 17th Century French philosopher and natural scientist. (From a 1994 memorial tribute to John Hamaker, Charles Walters’ words exemplify a key “principle” à la Pascal, sown into the good mind of Hamaker, bearing fruit as this book.) Twenty years after writing those words, their call for us to move forward with open eyes and minds and hearts, courageously exploring for truth, still resonates within me
