prof. levine: thank you, that was riveting as always. thank you so much for that. i'm nate johnson, the supervisory park ranger at the frederick douglass historic site in washington, d.c. about 3 1/2 miles from the site. you have an opportunity to get over there if you would like. and i just got a say this is a really cool opportunity, because i cannot believe we are staying in the national archives. we are mere feet away from where the declaration of independence is's hou -- and a a few miles from frederick douglass's house. i will ask some questions of you gentlemen. i want to thank you for your introduction. i believe you wanted to say something about how the speech was given when frederick douglass said it in 1852. prof. levine: i wanted to comment on the weight was given right now. that was the finest performance i have ever heard of the douglass speech. want to kind of step -- [applause] prof. levine: i want to step back to the 1850's because things were different then. you were pretty quiet