harriet tubman, claire bartman, harriet beecher stowe and other women affected the civil war. .. remarkable moment in 1797 for many reasons not least of which that the group offered toast to the constitution, the president and the vice president and to the congress and then to our illustrious neighbor. he truly had retired from public service. his words and response are words that i think of often. i can entertain no doubt of it being so if all of us act the part of good citizens. he included himself in that occasion. he too was now a citizen. but he was a a citizen of that came of both rights and duties, particularly in the next sentence say, do i need to act to maintain to constitution to support the law and guard independence. as you will sigh duty he took seriously and did not retire from public service so much take a different approach to it. tonight we hear about a wonderful book which i heard in prepublication stage which i read in my vacation home on christmas break and daunted by how good the book was. i'm excited for you to hear about it tonight but we have upcoming eve