What did Mr. Lincoln enjoy doing?

[RJNorton]

Excellent points, Bill. For one, I agree with you. In addition to what you noted, according to the authors of Twenty Days, Lincoln shut himself off from the world for several Thursdays after Willie died in 1862. Willie died on a Thursday, and each Thursday after that, Lincoln shut himself up in his room and "disappeared." This went on for some time. Finally a Father Francis Vinton convinced Lincoln that Willie "was alive in Paradise." Only then did Lincoln resume a normal schedule on Thursdays.