Something I've Wondered About....

[LincolnToddFan]

Hi Betty, yes the quote is in "Seward: Lincoln's Indispensable Man" by Walter Stahr. I thought it interesting that Seward felt this way at the end of his life, even after the Alaska Purchase.

To address your comment about Powell's seeming split personality..I vaguely remember reading somewhere that he had sustained a head injury, a serious one...when he was young. I suspect it's possible that he had some sort of personality disorder as a result. (Didn't he shout "I'm mad! I'm mad!" as he fled the Seward home?)

I struggle to reconcile the idea of this gentle, animal loving boy who wept for his sisters and the rest of his family on the eve of his execution with the robotic killing machine of the night of April 14 1865. It's as I've posted elsewhere...it simply doesn't add up.

Just like the idea of a devout widow, intensely praying her rosary while plotting murder doesn't add up for me either.