World War went on I was confirmed in my opinion still further by the obvious impossibility, directly due to the lack of a movement which would have to be much more than a “Parliamentary” Party, of resuming the fight ruth¬ lessly against Social Democracy.
I frequently talked about it to my more intimate comrades. It was then that I first conceived the idea of becoming an active politician later on ; and this was the reason why I now often assured the small circle of my friends that I wished to work after the War as a speaker, in addition to my own proper profession.
I think that it was very serious in my mind.