ABSTRACT
In this chapter the author recollects the memories of his early life. The author thought himself on the left politically, though without party affiliation – like many of his friends. A few of them were tested in 1950 when a group of 'progressive' scientists, writers and artists launched a universal appeal against war from Stockholm. Everyone was against war, so everyone could agree about that anyway. There were marches and demonstrations. Blithe girls wreathed in bright scarves urged then to sign, and they were encouraged to do so by colleagues and friends. Anyone who hesitated was made to feel churlish; as for those who suspected that it might be a faint of the Kominform, they were accused of 'bad faith'. A small group of students from the Architectural Association had the temerity to take up the old gentleman's time when he was on a visit to London.
