Lincoln's Melancholy

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That sounds like a normal state of being for many people -- not clinical depression like some modern authors try to persuade us that Lincoln suffered from.

As I have stated many times, I am not well-read on Lincoln the man; but the references that I have seen to his up-and-down moods have even made me wonder if, what his "analysts" are describing as depression-oriented, was more like a "brooding" state that he would go into where he wanted to be alone to figure out his next move in life, solutions for legal cases he was involved in, how to change the world, etc. -- Sort of a Greta Garbo syndrome?