[applause] thank you all for bringing this weather. As i understand it, lest they might have been worse. I might have been delivering this from the airport if we had done this last week. Want to begin our story a little bit after the civil war. On june 13th 1905. It was less than three weeks before his death that john hay awoken his cabin room on the are in as baltic, a great ocean liner that steamed the course from liverpool to new york. At this point john hay was a noted poet and historian, former newspaper editor and railroading executive. He served as u. S. Ambassador to the united kingdom. Since 1898 he had been a secretary of state, first under president William Mckinley and then after his death under president theodore roosevelt. At this point john hay was arguably one of the most powerful men in the world. Is spirit was fast burning out of his frail body. He reached for his diary and composed what i think he knew was one of his last injuries and will i dreamt last night that i
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