well, conkling leaked the letter before the speech. it was actually published in the washington newspapers before the scheduled event, and lincoln was. he wrote up the private letter to conkling and said, could you do this? not only did you leak it, but you back to the days the house divided address you leaked it wrong. the paragraphs are messed up. i wrote this very well. he didn't say i wrote this very carefully, didn't pound his leg, but yeah. so lincoln is is bedeviled leaks of his of his of his public messages and like gee, what a surprise a president doesn't like having his stuff leaked. it's the one i did the president's of versus the press. it the complaint that goes from washington to joe biden. you know, don't don't leak it unless i leak it way i want to leak. and then i have to walk it back. that's a great expression that was not in use during the civil war. we to walk it back. and can you talk a little bit about lincoln's writing process and what people thought about the way he wrote? well, link, i was an english major and.