Ebook: Which Way Western Man?

[rear cover]

"To My Reader. . . . .

You may find in this book ideas or ideals that at first hearing strike
you as abhorrent. They may clash with what you have long believed
to represent the highest in human experience, or cherish as too
holy to be questioned. Or you may find yourself chilled by
conclusions that I reach or remedies that I press that you think too
drastic. But I would remind you that the disintegration of our whole
society is far advanced, that the time allowed us for action is short,
and that the peril hanging over us is — *fearsome*. Extreme
emergencies may require extreme measures. Our need is for men
of the courage and independence of mind to set aside all taboos,
men who will search and reassess the entire experience of our
people with discernment and with insight, and will then have the
resolution and the dedication to apply to the solution of our
problems all the light and the fullest wisdom to which their search
has led them — even though it cost them their lives.

— William Gayley Simpson