at you don't have to do that when you're writing about a weirdo like abraham lincoln or, you know? even in this hawaii story, one thing that happens is, as the first missionaries are leading boston harbor, they are en route to, and christianize the hawaiians, while they're on the way, while they are on the water, the new hawaiian king decides to abolish the old religion. you put that in one of our fiction type stories, it's just going to seem like, you know, like no. like that's too easy. but in the missionaries show up and they get the news, guess what? the old religion has been, you know, banned and outlawed. there's nothing to replace it. and here we just sailed into the spiritual vacuum. [laughter] to sell our christian wears. to them it just seemed like god was on their side, and a gift from god. if you put that in a made-up story, i mean, it just wouldn't work. it just is unbelievable. or like, you know, about that story about john adams and thomas jefferson died on the same day, and it's the 50th anniversary of the declaration of independence. it's july 4, 1826. if you put t