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Was it not the so-called professed authorities in times gone by, as they are today, who criticized and disparaged everything proposed for the betterment of man? The kind of proof demanded was premature and could not in wisdom be given. But time and patience finally vindicated those who brought forth the ideas. Humanity is that much better off today because of them?not because of the skeptics! It is no different today. But let me assure you of one thing. The Brothers will not fail us if we follow their guidance, any more than they failed us in Flying Saucers Have Landed. While we humans did very little in spreading it that far, someone else must have assisted greatly. Therefore, let us follow through without too many changes in the procedure which started with the first book. | am sure that we shall not be wrong. Let the critics ask! Their very opposition may serve as a stimulant for their own curiosity, causing them to enter into a deeper research or analysis. The truth will always prevail in spite of personal or limited Opinions. In regard to analysis of the little piece of metal slag to which | refer in the book and which you held in your hand, | have hesitated because of a former experience. Some years ago | bad a chemical analysis made of a piece of metal alloy which | knew for a fact did not stem from this planet. My first thought was an analysis and | turned it over to a scientist to have done. When | first telephoned to ask the result, this man sounded very excited. But when | saw him later in his laboratory, he had drawn himself under control (or someone else had) and tried to brush the whole thing off lightly. When he said that it was nothing that could not be picked up in any old scrapyard, naturally | persisted in demanding an explicit statement of his findings. He then admitted that there were ?slight differences? in composition from any usual alloy, but said that could have happened by a variation in heating or some ?slight accident? which had gone unnoticed at the time, thereby making duplication of the alloy improbable. That experience taught me a lesson and | have no desire to risk losing the little piece of metal slag you saw, and which | know to be ?not of this Earth? by turning it over to anyone until | can be certain that the truth is sincerely sought and will be released. | recognize that my wisdom is very little in comparison to that of the Brothers. Therefore, | leave all decisions to them, as you would. | have reason to believe that they are endeavoring to make contacts in other parts of the world so that no one, even the most skeptical, could accuse me of perhaps deluding a witness companion, or even buying him off to support my statements, should | try to introduce one whose name carried no weight in the world. Perhaps the Brothers from other planets are waiting until the inner being of men on Earth stirs ever so slightly toward a wakening stage, with desire for a better living amongst his fellowmen. Perhaps faith is of paramount importance; not blind faith, but that knowing faith which comes only from within and cannot be swerved from what it knows to be true. The first book did contribute to such an awakening. The purpose of this book is to stimulate this activity into even greater growth and understanding.