A very young adult -- Trials at Harvard -- A new clerk, a new judge -- A regulatory interlude -- The towering justice Frankfurter -- The rift on the Roosevelt court -- The ear and pen of clerks for life -- Redeployment -- Assignment in Germany -- At the office of the Solicitor General -- The gist of the antitrust thrust -- The solicitor general's office and civil rights -- Unconventional conduct -- The 1960 election -- "Troublemaker" at the Federal Trade Commission -- Reappointment -- The cigarette rule -- Very public acrimony -- Teaching and practice -- Afterword: the project and the controversy.