This book can be regarded as the basic work of authentic chronicles, a kind of trumpet’s call for reveille, the laying of a festive table with personal thoughts covering our common past, present and future. An authenticating seal on the finally rightful Hungarian chapter in the universal history of humankind. In other words, a clear picture of reality. Ours. We should read it and take possession of it with pride. We are looking forward to the continuation, because the chariot of history races along and we have to keep the horses’ reins firmly and expertly in our hands. For we cannot allow anyone to designate intellectual paths for our country to take the differ from the way we at last want to tread them ourselves.