he organized taughtors, and in about a month he was -- taughtors, and in about a month he was able to do it. the undaunted courage was inspiring. he attended the lectures, and he kept a journal. the journal is fabulous. it is four volumes. in the journal he writes about what he is listening to, who he is meeting, what he is learning and so forth. there is one entry where the speaker is sort of tedious, and he found himself looking around the lecture hall, mind wandering, and he noticed that the other students, and there were nearly 1,000 people in this lecture hall. that the other students treated the black students who were there just as though they were like everybody else, dressed the same, acted the same. >> what year? >> this was in 1836. >> how old was he then? >> he was young, still in his 20 owes. he wrote in the diary maybe how we treat black people at home is the result of what we have been taught and not part of the natural order of things. now that is almost exactly, quote-unquote. it was an epiphany for him. it was as if he suddenly saw the light. we know he had been to w