ThinkTanker,
In post 20 of this thread you include three quotes, from no doubt learned and respected individuals, written in support of your paper - it might have been more even handed if you had also perhaps pointed out that 2 of these 3 people were also thanked by you on page 2 of your paper for their help in producing it!
To most people it would appear that, as contributors to the paper they are commenting on, their opinion of it is almost certainly likely to be biased in favour!!
Ah - I've just found the name of the third person you quoted in your list of acknowledgements! So none of the quotes on post 20 comes from an unlinked, unbiased, source!! All of them contributed in some way to the paper.