the senate very much so he was better at speaking so he spoke into these tapes and sent them to norman shermanthe tapes are still around and that's what we used and we converted them to a digital format. >> here'how you treated his world after he was defeated. >> in 1969, humphrey was out of public office for the first time in nearly 25 years. he returned to minnesota to teach. but within two years he was returned to the senate by the largest majority of his political career. after an unsuccessful run for president in 1972, he began his final battle, cancer. then in november of 1977, his colleagues gathered together in the first joint tribute to a single senator in u.s. history. >> hubert, old friend, we asked you here so we could tell you, we love you. [cheers and applause] >> mr. speaker, knowing full well the dangers of what i'm about to do, i yield as much time as he wishes to consume to the senior senator from minnesota. [applause] >> and i know where i'm standing. i'm standing where the president of the united states gives his state of the union address. my goodness, how i long for that