So he sympathised at first with statesmen who sought to negotiate their way out of European conflict. But as the decade progressed, like others, he began to see the world differently. The growing demands of Hitler caused many to think again. When the Munich agreement was breached, many concluded that enough was enough and that bullying and aggression had to be resisted. In the final section of his autobiography, he wrote: "I have been engaged unawares in a political struggle fighting against things in the dark. Henceforth I shall fight in the light." He regretted renewed conflict but appeared to feel a joy at looking reality squarely in the face and in rising to the challenge.
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