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Lincoln's Melancholy
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10-10-2016, 08:04 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-11-2016 06:34 PM by Rob Wick.)
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RE: Lincoln's Melancholy
And therein lies the problem. It is impossible to prove conclulsively that Lincoln did not suffer from a mental illness, be it severe or otherwise. Yet there is evidence, however circumstantial, that he did. As a historian, I have to use the evidence as it exists, and there is enough to convince me. If I could read a primary source that showed otherwise, I would be more than willing to change my mind. I have yet to find that primary source.
Best Rob Abraham Lincoln is the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom. --Ida M. Tarbell
I want the respect of intelligent men, but I will choose for myself the intelligent. --Carl Sandburg
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