Was Abraham Lincoln EVER happy?

[RJNorton]

(09-23-2012 07:21 PM)MaddieM Wrote:  

(09-23-2012 07:08 PM)Gene C Wrote:  Mary indicated he was happy when they took a carriage ride together the day he died

that's rather poignant.

"The last day he lived was the happiest of his life."

Mary Lincoln to Rev. Noyes W. Miner. Source: "The Later Life and Religious Sentiments of Abraham Lincoln", a lecture by Rev. J.A. Reed. (Text in July 1873 edition of Scribner's Monthly)