pickett of gettysburg fame. and i never knew exactly what that would bring to my family -- fame, fortune, or dishonor. >> george -- who goes by his middle name, ed -- has invited me to his home. hi, ed. >> hi. you must be jamie. >> i am jamie. how are you today? >> i'm good. >> when the 59-year-old isn't working as a surfing instructor, ed enjoys doing yoga and playing guitar. it's a far cry from his famous great-great-grandfather who fought at gettysburg. growing up, did your family ever discuss that you had a connection to that battle? >> well, i knew about it. it was discussed briefly. i was not really that interested as a little kid. >> it's easy to understand why. ed's ancestor is best known for being on the losing side of the most pivotal battle in the civil war. >> some people said, "oh, didn't he lose? wasn't he a loser?" because that was the way that a lot of the history books talked about pickett's charge. >> so you don't bury your head like, "oh, i can't believe i came to school today"? >> i remember

your gettysburg worth. it is dramatically important, but in some ways it's important for what didn't happen. winds book begins, leak patches come up big victories at chancellorsville. he feels the need to get the armies out of virginia. they are ravaging the country side. he also wants to demonstrate to the north that they cannot believe abraham lincoln, that he cannot predict to protect them, that they can just walk right into pennsylvania, this beautifully rich area, and is nothing the union army can do to stop them. he writes his wife and says what i really want to do is affect the election next year. everything that's political is also military, and vice versa. what could it happen and what lee expected to happen is to be able to stay in pennsylvania for a long time, resupply their very hungry horses and men, ship massive amounts of the bounty of pennsylvania back into virginia, and maybe make it all the way to philadelphia. maybe make it to harrisburg is what they think they're going to be able to do.

gettysburg, ater local photographer named peter he wanted tod that take images of the dead of gettysburg. so he enlisted several living union soldiers, brought them back to the same spot where alexander gardner had taken his picture of the dead, and he had them lay around on the rocks. he put the rifles down and threw hats here and there. they are all tumbling down the rocks and he had one or two of them standing as if they just discovered bodies. after the picture was taken, they dusted themselves off. tomight be going too far compare moving bodies with claiming to move souls, but all of this understanding, the way photography was picturing data for time, it helps us explain fraud inr's arrest for 1869 captured the imagination of the nation and filled headlines four months. for months. -- in allcoverage of of this coverage of mumler there was this feeling that --tography had death and there was an understanding that what we now know about photography and what people were learning at the time, the possibility of a photograph that told the whole truth seemed as unlikely as any ghost. a hi

the gettysburg address. i don't know if they still do that in schools. apparently not. but you can read about the gettysburg address and then see lincoln giving the gettysburg address, so the visuals really reinforce what is in the text. another picture -- this is a two-page, both sides, when it is open, and it shows lincoln seeing his first slave auction, and you see the slaves being auctioned off here, and lincoln, look at his face, looking pretty angry. dennis hanks had said this is where lincoln really first got angry about slavery and he said "if i get a chance, i am going to get rid of slavery." whether that actually happened is debatable. dennis hanks was not the best witness for some of these things, but it does reinforce, when you're talking about the slave auctions, it gives that visual and reinforces the understanding. i would ask you who this is, but it says at the bottom, so dred scott -- we always talk about the decision. the decision by the supreme court where the chief justice, roger, came ou

presidential 18,000 of confederates buried in this section, 3,000 removed brought from the gettysburg from 1871 to 1873. originally all the graves are marked with wooden head boards but none survived. today, some of the families are coming back and marking with the new military style stones. the centerpiece of the soldier's section is the pyramid. it is 18 feet tall and made of granite. you'll notice there is no mortar holding the stones in place. this is a dry lay or dry stacked pyramid. the hollywood ladies that had this built wanted it to be the first thing you see when you came to the ground. for many years it was because when it was built in 1869 there were no trees here. also buried in the soldier's section ways george pickett, a westpoint graduate and served in the united states and confederate army. he suffered two defeats in the civil war first at gettysburg, july 3rd, 1863, when his division was decimated by une yo -- union forces known as picketts charge. >>> and in 1865, another defeat pickett suffered, that defeat hastened lee's surrender at appomattox, just eight days la

lincoln, his friends and his enemies with programming from the lincoln forum's annual symposium in gettysburg, pennsylvania. "american history tv prime time" begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >>> c-span's "washington journal," live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up friday morning, we'll discuss the severity of the 2018 flu season with dr. anthony fauci, director of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases and the federal response to the opioid epidemic. and a look at the u.s.' role in the 2018 world economic forum meeting in davos, switzerland. we'll talk with adam posen of the peterson institute. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern friday morning. join the discussion. >>> now a look at west point's oral history center. >> lieutenant colonel david siri teaches history at the u.s. military academy at west point and also is the director of west point's oral history center. how long has the oral history center been associated with the academy? >> it's been associated with the academy since about 2007. i've been the direct

for that story why not consider the gettysburg address? why just the first ten amendments? >> and that relates to the final question or closing thoughts. he mentioned there is disagreement whether the first eight or ten amendments should be considered the bill of rights but are they limited to the first ten amendments? and that is considered. >> we could call it whatever we want. it isn't in the constitution or the amendment to say it is something different. but not something that we could discuss but it isn't a question anybody asks. so for the ninth and tenth amendment some people don't like that they are not keen on the states rights and over time people tried to insist the first eight are in part to downplay. some people don't like the unwritten rights to the extent the ninth amendment gives a constitutional authority to the idea of the right they want to downplay that. so they leave that out of the bill of rights. so there is a reason as we do. so by choosing to pick the first eight or ten you make a statement what is important to you. there are different approaches wh

here's a photograph of lincoln at gettysburg. he gives this outrageously famous, powerful speech, the most powerful, moving speech in american speech making, american politics. 272 words, 10 short little sentences. and it changes the nature of the war, why we were fighting it. this man, edward everett, you can still see him striking his pose. he's actually still got his arm doing one of these kind of order gestures, and his face is blurry because he's kind of looking around like this. he spoke for nearly two hours, and now it's lincoln's turn to get up and speak. we believe, many people believe this is lynn-after he's already spoken and going back to his seat. so imagine the photographer feels like, ok, edward everett, who had been president of harvard, he was a professor, he was a former secretary of state, he was, oh, my god, he was everything. he was this really important -- he spoke for two hours, so certainly i have time to set up my camera for lincoln. but no, really brief, really powerful, really, really punchy and moving.

that day orders came down that reinforcements were needed north in the small town of gettysburg just over the pennsylvania border. with action escalating quickly, the general knew his troops would have to march nearly 40 miles before reaching the battlefield. by then all might be lost. then and there general sedgwick famously ordered 'put the vermonters ahead and keep the column tight.' he knew that with vermont's commitment to the cause of freedom an urgency of duty setting the pace that vermonters would pull the rest of the troops along, arriving sooner and helping to turn the tide at gettysburg and eventually save the union. friends, this is our time to move ahead and keep the column tight. it's time for us to lead again. [applause] governor scott: now, i don't know when this period of hyper partisanship and anger will end, but i do know we can't fight hate with hate. or anger with anger. we must do everything we can to pull our nation out of darkness and restore civility and respect to our public process. [applause] governor scott: and that includes the viciousness we see on soci

this discussion was part of the annual lincoln forum symposium in gettysburg, pennsylvania. it is about one hour and 15 minutes. frank: good morning, i am frank williams, chair of the lincoln forum. welcome to this panel of forum 22, relating to lincoln's enemies. i am so pleased to have a distinguished -- every time someone says "distinguished," i want to run to the merlot bar. [laughter] >>

he is a photo that here is a photo of lincoln at gettysburg years after. he gives this powerful speech, the most powerful moving speech in american speechmaking, american politics. 272 words. 10 short, little sentences. s the nature of the war, why we were fighting it. --s man, edward everett, you can still see him striking his pose. his arm is doing this gesture. his face is blurry because he is looking around like this. he spoke for nearly two hours and now it is lincoln's turned to get up and speak. we believe, many people believe, this is lincoln after he has already spoken and going back to his seat. imagine the photographer feels like, ok, edward everett, president of harvard, a professor, a former secretary of y god, he was -- oh mu was everything -- he spoke for two hours so certainly i have time to set up my camera for lincoln. no. really brief, powerful, punchy and moving. here is what i wanted to say. the only reason we have this photograph is because a library in the 1950's, josephine cobb, knew lincoln would be at gettysburg. she was in charge

in gettysburg, pennsylvania. it is my pleasure to introduce our first speaker. melanie kirkpatrick. she is a writer, journalist, and senior fellow at a washington-based think tank whose research focuses on national security and foreign-policy issues. her areas of expertise include east asia and the pacific. from 1980 two 2009, she was affiliated with the wall street edrnal where she served as ed editor. "escapehe author of from north korea." book, "thanksgiving: a holiday at the heart of the beencan experience," has very well received. the tradition here is to give and introduce her, a portion of what you get from this. theespecially pleased with book. i was so delighted to see she mentioned a little place in virginia, which is now located in charles city county, my birthplace, as one of the places that held a thanksgiving ceremony before the pilgrims. massachusetts, think that. join me in welcoming ms. melanie kirkpatrick. [applause] kirkpatrick: good morning. and thanks to harold and frank for your warm welcome. all of you at the forum. 100 was a lot of fun to research. thenss a h

this discussion was part of the annual lincoln forum symposium in gettysburg, pennsylvania.d morning, i am frank williams, chair of the lincoln forum. welcome to this panel of forum 22, relating to lincoln's enemies. i am so pleased to have a distinguished -- every time someone says "distinguished," i r.nt to run to the merlot ba it is like saying, "with all due respect," in my courtroom. [laughter] but o

an actor patrick gorman who was in the movie "gettysburg" and he had been in the navy reserve and got drafted into the army and served in the army and navy. we reached out to him and got his interview. then we interviewed two vietnamese veterans that were in california. one was a pilot who flew propeller planes and jet planes. the other was a nurse. the nurse served both and we said why did you serve the vee street minute. they hated the french because of how they treated him. then he loved his country and he loved working with americans. he had a very large family. and as things were going bad for south vietnam, he had to figure out what to do with his children. one of his sons, he gave to an american who was serving with doctors without borders over in vietnam, gave him to this american and the american brought him home, raised him. the son graduated from west point in 1985. that is the year his vietnamese parents got out of vietnam and came to america. we interviewed his vietnamese father about what it was like to be a nurse serving in vietnam. that was fab lugsulousfabulous. >> it

that day orders came down that reenforcements were needed north in the small town of gettysburg. with action escalating quickly the general knew his troops would have to mar nearly 40 miles before reaching the battlefield. by then all might be lost. then and there he famously ordered put the vermonters ahead and keep the column tight. he knew with vermont east commitment to the cause of freedom that vermonters would pull the rest of the troops along helping to turn the tide and we ve and eventually save the yunion. it is time for us to lead again. [ applause ] i don't know when this will end but i do know we can't fight hate with hate or anger with anger. we must do everything we can to pull our nation out of darkness and restore civility to our public process. [ applause ] we can commit to meaningful dialogue. we can work together towards consensus when ever possible and compromise when it's required. if we do these things we will make a difference in the lives of vermonters. we will live up to the promise of our history. in the decades to come the record will show in our nation

he was a photograph of lincoln at gettysburg, and it gives this are religiously -- he gives this speech, 272owerful words. 10 short little sentences. and it changes the nature of the war, weber were fighting it. this man, -- why we were fighting it. this man, you can still see him striking his pose, he has his arm in that gesture and his face is blurry, looking around like this. he spoke for nearly two hours, and now it is lincoln turn to get up and speak. many people believe that this is lincoln after he had already spoken, going back to his seat. imagine, the photographer felt like edward everett, who had been president of harvard, former secretary of state , he was really important. he had spoken for two hours. definitely will have time to set up my camera for lincoln. but no, it was a really brief, really powerful and moving speech. what i wanted to say, the only reason we have this photograph is because the library and an archivist in definitely will hae to set up my camera for washinge 1950's, named josephine cobb knew that lincoln would be at gettysburg, and she was in charge of

this discussion was part of the annual lincoln forum symposium in gettysburg, pennsylvania. it's just under an hour. >> i'm harold holser. welcome to the lincoln forum and a special panel discussion on lincoln's friends. let's start, if we can, with a lincoln quote. because on today's topic as with most subjects, abraham lincoln expressed himself better than almost anyone. and as he said in 1849, the better part of one's life consists of his friendships. well, we want to look today as what, if anything, he meant by that, how sincere he was or how well he understood his own commitment to and concept of friendship. and i have a group of very accomplished friends to explore that topic with me. chuck strosier, who has spoken at the lincoln forum who brings his experience as a psychoanalyst, psychobiographer, a one-time resident of springfield. by which i mean he knows about lincoln's springfield. not that one must be a psychoanalyst to live in springfield, although we don't know. and of course as an authority which is the subject of his latest book on the complex relationship be

these are small actions in comparison to gettysburg. i don't know about you, but if a bullet was -- at the bulletin whizzes by my head, it is significant. warfare continues through missouri. 1854 with a kansas-nebraska act, all the way through the civil war and pass that with people who do not want to give that up. who are still stuck in their ways, so to speak. i do not want to reconcile. -- who do not want to reconcile. i have been through a lot of battlefields over the years. both run by the national park service and by state parks and this private battlefield that someone is preserving in their backyard. i think wilson's creek is not the best -- is the best in my opinion. it is right up there. we have the "three-legged stool." we have the field, we have 80% of the battlefield itself. you can read all about it in the official records all you want to. there is nothing like learning from walking on the fields. we have that. we have a research library which you guys have seen. with one of the largest collections of civil war materials i

in gettysburg, pennsylvania. it is my pleasure to introduce our first speaker. melanie kirkpatrick. she is a writer, journalist, and senior fellow at a washington-based think tank whose research focuses on national security and foreign-policy issues. her areas of expertise include east asia and the pacific. from 1980 two 2009, she was affiliated with the wall street edrnal where she served as -- --

for example, general mead failed to follow up with general lee's army after the victory at gettysburg he wrote him a long letter saying i'm immeasurably distressed you didn't do what we asked you to do, the war is over and knew it would go month after month. but he knew it would paralyze the general in the field, so he put aside the hot letter, hoping he would never send it. his papers were opened in the 20th century and there was underneath the notation, never sent and never signed. the opposite of that is when president trump gets angry with somebody, that tweet goes out immediately. i sometimes think if only he had a hot tweet and a cool tweet, maybe things would be a lot better. he understood that words mattered. he could speak extemporaneously, lincoln could, as well as anybody, but he knew as president, you can't do that. even though he was a great debater with steven douglas, he would prepare almost everything he said to the public, fearful that he would say something that could be taken the wrong way. so, he could certainly learn in that from tweeting when you get angry in a m

this discussion was part of the symposium in gettysburg, pennsylvania. it's just under an hour. >> i'm herald holser. welcome to the lincoln forum and a special panel discussion on lincoln's friends. let's start, if we can,

what came out of me was have you ever been to gettysburg, have you ever been to that cemetery? comedy many of those guys died for their state? -- how many of those guys died for their state? have you ever read the gettysburg address? what did lincoln collect -- what did lincoln call it? a nation. just pointing that out. on the eve of the civil war, and even after secession, there's ample commentary from so many people. jefferson davis gave a speech in late april to the confederate congress as confederate president, using the term "property in slaves" about seven times in the speech, explaining to the confederate congress and the world why they had to secede from the union, to protect the special interest in property in slaves. it doesn't matter how many times you quote this, but millions and millions of americans grow up believing it must've been something else. william seward who, in 1858 -- we forget seward now. a character in a movie. seward's famous "iron law" speech or his irrepressible conflict speech, seward said the same things lincoln said about a house divided. lincol

this discussion was part of the annual lincoln forum symposium in gettysburg, pennsylvania. it's just under an hour. >> i'm harold holser. welcome to the lincoln forum and a special panel discussion on lincoln's friends. let's start, if we can, with a lincoln quote. because on today's topic as with most subjects, abraham lincoln expressed himself better than almost anyone. and as he said in 1849, the better part of one's life consists of his friendships.

social security we would like this to run something else or rerun this half-hour of me with ike at gettysburg. ronnie says everybody seems to like the tv address i have been giving it i cannot help you. talk to put up the money for it. but then he said have you heard it? he said no. actually i have not. he said i will call back. so they ran the audio version goldwater says what the hell is wrong with that? run it. so they said go with it. that program made ronald reagan a star nationally overnight and easily had $1 million within 24 hours to change thousands of votes leading to a bunch of republicans coming to reagan to say we want you to run for governor the following year. that is how important it was. and they could say without candidate goldwater there is no president reagan. that is how important that speech was. extraordinary. ronald reagan, my first meeting with him, serious meeting was october 1965. he spent the last several months testing the waters to see the people of california who pretty much made up his mind i said i was working on a profile of him for readers digesting can i vi

of thescussion was part annual lincoln forum in gettysburg, pennsylvania. it is my pleasure to introduce our second speaker for the morning, annette gordon-reed . professor gordon-reed is the charles wharton professor of american legal history at harvard law school. she is also a professor of .istory in the college of arts her first foray into riding produced lost at sea which was written when she was seven. she is an overachiever. since then she has authored or co-authored six historical settings including the hemming'' of monticello which was a winner of the pulitzer prize. acclaimed book also won 15 additional awards including the writer douglas prize. andrew johnsonof johnson, the subject of her talk ass morning, was praised it isantly written and not available today. you will have to order it, but i do have her most recent book and that is co-authored. it is titled the most blessed of patriarchs, thomas jefferson and the empire of the imagination. she will be available for a few minutes after her presentation to sign autographs, sign books for you. one

this 45-minute discussion was part of the annual lincoln forum in gettysburg, pennsylvania. annette: it is my plesh -- >> it is my pleasure to introduce our second speaker for the morning, annette gordon-reed. professor gordon-reed is a professor of american legal history at harvard law school. she's also a professor of history in the college of arts and sciences. her first foray into writing produced "lost at sea" which was written when she was 7. so she's an overachiever. since then, she has authored or co-authored six historical studies, including the hemingses of monticello, an american family, which was winner of the pulitzer prize in 2009. the highly acclaimed book also won 15 additional awards, including the frederick douglass prize. her 2011 study of andrew johnson, the subject of her talk this morning, was praised as brilliantly written and fair-minded. the book is not available in the bookstore today. you'll have to order it. but i do have her most recent book, and that is co-authored and it is titled the most blessed of patriarchs, thomas jefferson and the empire

first mayor of the city, who was a mexican war veteran and a general at the union for the battle of gettysburg. i would point out one of the commanding generals in world war i helped to formulate the plaza across the street from us, war memorial opera house. veterans played quite a role within this community for the positive benefits. thus, i would ask consideration that the embarcadero plaza be named for the only member of this board who ever received the congressional medal of honor, phillip kats. he was on the board in the 1920s or '30s. i believe it's something that is far overdue to this fine, gallant gentleman. thank you. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please? >> good afternoon, supervisors. i work for the committee organizing department. i work with residents in tenderloin south of market on tenant rights and quality of life issues. thank you, supervisor kim, for in producing the supplemental budget $2.5 million. i'm here to advocate for the community that i work in in tenderloin to -- i would not say most of the money, but fairly good enough money for tenderloin f

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these are small actions in comparison to gettysburg. i don't know about you, but if a bullet was -- at the bulletin whizzes by my head, it is significant. warfare continues through missouri. with a kansas-nebraska act, all the way through the civil war and pass that with people who do not want to give that up. who are still stuck in their ways, so to speak. i do not want to reconcile. -- who do not want to reconcile. i have been through a lot of battlefields over the years. both run by the national park service and by state parks and this private battlefield that someone is preserving in their backyard. i think wilson's creek is not the best -- is the best in my opinion. it is right up there. we have the "three-legged stool." 80%ave the field, we have of the battlefield itself. you can read all about it in the official records all you want to. there is nothing like learning from walking on the fields. we have that. we have a research library which you guys have seen. with one of the largest collections of civil war materials in the park

we flank the tennessee volunteers and the north once again wins the battle of gettysburg.er, the south still has two infantry divisions, plus superman and godzilla. n-n-n-no, orcs are magic; superman is vulnerable to magic. not to mention you already lost godzilla to the illinois cavalry and hulk. why don't you just have robert e. lee charge the line with shiva and ganesh? you guys ready to order? hang on, honey. shiva and ganesh, the hindu gods, against the entire union army? and orcs. i'll be back. koothrappali: excuse me. ganesh is the remover of obstacles and shiva is the destroyer. when the smoke clears, abraham lincoln will be speaking hindi and drinking mint juleps. all right, my boss says you have to either order or leave and never come back.

goldwater did to try to change the image that people had of him as a reckless cowboy was to rush to gettysburg> barry goldwater: our opponents are referring to us as "warmongers," and i'd like to know what your opinion of that would be. you've known me a long time. >> well, barry, in my mind, this is actual tommyrot. now, you've known about war. you've been through one. i'm older than you -- i've been in more. but i'll tell you, no man that knows anything about war is going to be reckless. >> mann: unfortunately, eisenhower looked like it was the last place on earth he wanted to be. the two men had no rapport, no chemistry. eisenhower was trying to bail out a guy who had been attacking him less than a year ago as an appeaser. so i think eisenhower was doing his patriotic duty as a republican, but his heart wasn't in it and it showed. >> newscaster: on that note, the dialog between general dwight david eisenhower and senator barry goldwater came to a close. >> mann: the one guy who really probably could've helped him was somebody that goldwater and his people didn't really welcome into the fold

he decide decided maybe there ie utility even though i have my farm in gettysburg pennsylvania but he said i don't like the name said he remained at camp david grandson david eisenhower, 12-years-old. david eisenhower today is about 70-years-old and recently retired from the university of pennsylvania history professor. i was introduced a few weeks ago and the gentleman that introduced me at david eisenhower as a teachers assistant in graduate school so you never know who's sitting in the audience. the other thing he did his renamed all the cabins and took mainly eisenhower's state of colorado and named their cabin the presidential watch which it is today so virtually every building structure on the camp has aged the name. this is theater this is where the commanding officer lives and this is where i live. back in the kennedy days it is the same structure it's been remodeled and added on to. you are the only family inside the camp except on the weekends. you are the only family with two daughters in spite of the camp and maybe you have guests on the weekends. weekends. played it for i

eisenhower, who didn't serve overseas but was a major in gettysburg, in fact, he was training tankers and also at camp mead. that was his life as well. so, the army had downsized significantly. i don't know the exact number, but i know that if you were in the military in the so-called interwar period between world war i and world war ii, it wasn't all that glamorous, and there was a possibility that you couldn't make much of a career out of it, although truthfully, a lot of the belligerents in the first world war, including general pershing-an inkling that this was the first world war. the fact that germany hadn't been invaded, germany was forced into an armistice, eventually the surrender at versailles. there was a lot of thought that there was going to be another war. so, if you could hold on in the regular army like guys like patton and eisenhower did and kind of make yourself useful in thinking about the next technology, there's a good chance you're going to have an opportunity to see more action. >> eloise, you're next, calling from silver spring, maryland, in the washington subu

and different places like gettysburg and places like that. but he just loved history. he loved outdoors, and most of all, he loved his family. loved his family very much. >> seeing him on the stretcher, tell him that they loved him. can you take us into that conversation? >> i'm not going to comment on that. >> for either one of you, overall, the support. how remarkable is that in your eyes that everybody comes together and cares so much for bailey and preston? >> you know, we've had celebrities approach us. social media just takes everything to a whole new level. and so the gifts and the outreach with, you know, money coming in and food and you just can't imagine. i think people when they're mourning with you, everybody has a talent and a hobby and a gift. and they use that gift. we just received -- can you open that? we just received a drawing today from someone, no one knows this person. but he did this artwork of bailey. and this is something that we'll treasure forever. so i hope he's watching, and i hope he knows that this means the world to us. but everything fr

stand right up there with the gettysburg address and he uttered the word "we shall overcome," the an tell of the civil rights movement, and i really -- for the first time in anybody's memory, the supreme court played -- applauded him. they were so moved they applauded. and andrew young, a member of the southern christian leadership conference, was watching the address with martin luther king jr., and he noticed that when johnson said that, tears rolled down the face of reverend king, and, yes, we had a voting rights act. not a final piece, but one of the landmark legislations -- this is rachel carson in front of her microscope, and she was excoriated. in fact, former agricultural secretary said she is obviously a communist because she wants to attack the chemical companies, and her book, silent spring, moved johnson to pass the clean air act and the clean water act. you can see the need for the clean water act. this is the cuyahoga river in cleveland who -- which caught on fire, and this, of course, is lbj. lbj accomplished a great many things. if one measures the success of an admin