(04-16-2013, 08:03 AM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote: That's difficult to express, even in German. It made me feel the hardships of those times and the burdens and difficult decisions Lincoln had to carry. It was touching that apart from the cruel he had to face and was involved in, he still was capable of emotions and empathy, the way he treated people and especially his son.
I think LincolnMan, I could fix it to two scenes: the procession on the battlefield and the one when he was awaiting with his son the outcome of the decision about the13th Amendmend.
With all the horror of the war around him, he could have turned a cynical. Yet he chose the highest route by staying the man he was.