. >> if you are in the middle of the lincoln forum, the harold hol s holser group, is everybody a lincoln lover? >> i think everyone in the group is interested in knowing about lincoln fully, not just lincoln the great, but lincoln as he dealt with the issues at the time in a very trying situation, in the midst of war. and so i have found the people there to be very receptive to what i've had to say. i've taken my graduate students with me, and they have been pleased with what they've heard there in terms of the learning process for them. because many of them may not have been introduced to lincoln, at least not to the extent that a lot of people in attendance have. so, they're hearing lectures from scholars who talk about lincoln from a variety of perspectives. so, no, i haven't felt that kind of attitude at the lincoln forum. but i know it does exist, because i am still getting e-mails and letters. >> do you ever worry that you're affirmativaction? >> yeah. always. always. and i think that there's always that possibility, and when i feel that, i have to determine what am i bringing to t