Your guess: "angels" or "ages?"

[Linda Anderson]

I'm with Laurie. Stanton spoke at the time of death , a sacred moment when Lincoln's soul would have been lifted up by angels. At a moment like that who thinks of the"ages".

I agree. Perhaps Stanton was thinking of Horatio speaking to the dead Hamlet:

"Now cracks a noble heart. Good-night, sweet prince,
And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!-"

Here's an interesting article, "Angels and Ages" by Adam Gopnik, from the May 28, 2007 issue of The New Yorker.

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/...act_gopnik