warren and cosgrove are such superlative representatives. but most of all, i missed the students. i used to say, some time something goes wrong and you get into a funk, but i realized that there was a short foolproof way that the job had of getting me out of a funk. and the way was to leave my office behind, shut the door, and go someplace where there a lot of students. it is the students that make this place great. it is the students to provide it with its dynamism and energy, and they demonstrate every day the passion for ideas. when they walk, i hope and pray when they walk out its graduates they are so committed to making a difference in the world. it is an incredible statistic. and it is maybe-measure i can give, although not the only measure, of how special the students of harvard law school are, and i miss you. [applause] i know that some of you may have thought sometime in this last year or so that you and this class drew the short straw. i do not think there's been a class for many many years that has had the difficulties that this class has had in terms of jobs, financia