and i didn't ask about james mccune smith, but i'll answer for him to james mccune smith commented on the case because he was furie was at william at william henry seward. he james mccune smith very clearly recognized the racism in william henry seward's defense of freemen, and he was absolutely furious at him for that part of the excellence of this book, i'll say again, is the way in which you navigate the complicated entanglements of what it is to think about race and racial legacy in american culture. and i said this to you, if one is building a class of trying to study that complexity and if morrison's beloved is in there and baldwin's the fire, next time, all these books that that ask any reader to figure out how do you witness and participate and find your place in the story. i think we could say that your book would be there. so i just want to congratulate you and thank you. thank you for sharing it with us. what a phenomenal work. thank you so much. that's that means the world to me. i'm very touched that you would say that. thank you so much. and thank you all for for for bei