maybe even here in healy hall. but i put it to you, we must not let this economic recession become a moral recession. that would be double cruelty. [applause] you know, it doesn't just take away your chances here at home, this recession. but it might take away your generation's shot at greatness in the wider world. the generation before you outlawed the idea of the color of your skin decided whether you could vote or challenged the idea that your sex could decide your future. well, this generation has the opportunity to challenge the absurdty of where you live deciding whether or not you live. the most vivid example of this for me was a clinic in can a gally in rwanda? 2003, l -- long queues of far too many skinny men and women, courageous enough to take an h.i.v. test, the nurses knowing that a diagnosis was death sentence. as there were no h.i.v. drugs in that clinic or any other in rwanda for that matter. looking into the eyes of hopelessness, i was surprised to find no anger. no rage. just a strange acquiesce e