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Acknowledgments
I want to thank the many friends who helped me-in however
small a way-to get the information I needed for writing this book,
as well as those close friends and members of my family who lived
through the writing with me. I only wish I could have mentioned
all those who, in the course of the years, have been part of our
lives, but I know they will understand that it was not possible.
First I want to thank Friedrich von Hayek, the most illustrious
among my husband~s many distinguished students, for his permission
to print here a hitherto unpublished speech he gave in 1956 in
my husband~s honor.
My special gratitude goes to our very, very dear friends Berthy
and Larry Fertig, who advised, helped, and comforted me throughout
these last difficult years. My warmest thanks to Bettina Bien­
Greaves, who generously provided me with any information I
asked for, although she was herself pusy on a book about my
husband. I am particularly grateful to Ruth I. Matthews and to
Otto and Fanny Kallir for their unfailing interest and steady
encouragement.
I wish to record my particular thanks to Karl T. P£lock, my editor
at Arlington House. His enthusiasm for my work and his practical
suggestions meant a great deal to this "young" author.
Eugene Davidson~s stimulating advice with regard to Chapter 8
was particularly valuable to me, and I have a special debt of gratitude
to John Chamberlain for his enthusiastic reaction after reading
s~veral chapters of the manuscript. My thanks also to Hans
Sennholz for translating from the German the letter that appears
on page 163.
It was George Koether who did the original editing of my book,
and I am grateful to him for having kept his promise "not to do any
ghost writing," for this should be and is my own story. George
gave me the benefit of his great journalistic experience, his superb
command of language, and constant encouragement and enthusiasm.
When I once told him: "George, you are doing so much for
me. How can I accept it?" he replied, "Margit, when your husband
died, I told my wife, 'How can I ever thank this man, for what he
has done for my mind?~This is my opportunity."
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