you open the book with a story about william goodell. >> so, darpa has this -- william goodell was very close to eisenhower and a seminal figure in the intelligence world, and i hope someone will write a book about him. he he has a history in which darpa is an important part. 1958 there were three figures who were key, which says a lot out eisenhower. the first director or darpa was the vice president of general elect and followed in the moldovan industrialist, and the idea being that it's about managing science, not necessarily science itself. so roy johnson was chosen as the first director, and he really thought he was going to bring men in uniform into space. this military would control space. that part eisenhower was not crazy about. he was listening to science advisor who wanted a civilian speights agency so roy johnson, and then herb york, a young physicist from california, practice, arrogant and smart, and then in the background this guy, i interviewed the first financial administrator and she said i had no idea where william goodell came from. the just showed up and nobody said

phillips, elizabeth cady stanton, william goodell, and frederick douglass wrote letters of support. several abolitionists attended the convention. meanwhile the garrison group endorsed lincoln for a second term. in june, garrison attended the republican national convention in baltimore where he applauded lincoln's unanimous renomination. house meeting to follow, lincoln expressed hope to garrison that the house of representatives would follow the united states senate in passing a constitutional amendment abolishing slavery throughout the country. lincolnrats continued, began to doubt that he could be reelected. sherman's capture of atlanta ended those doubts. abolitionists loyal to lincoln urged fremont to withdraw. which he did on september 22. if you days earlier, frederick douglas declared that every man that wishes well to the slaves should at once rally to the support of abraham lincoln. lincoln's more resolute abolitionist critics did not agree. wendell phillips the process -- approached irrationality, when in an october speech he characterized lincoln as "tender towards the s