Damn'd on Earth. Was Lincoln's martyrdom a form of suicide?

[Mylye2222]

Let us know what you find. On the surface, I don’t think Lincoln wanted to die-on the surface. He loved Mary and his two sons. The North had won the war and slavery was defeated. He voiced future plans he wanted to undertake with Mary. We start to get on very shaking ground when we speculate about unconscious motives. At least, I think so, anyway. Still I’m sure the book will prove interesting!

Pretty shaking of the grounds actually. The author analyzes Lincoln's behavior and conclude that he might not have been conscious of that inner wish of death. But repeatedly he suggests that by his actions, Lincoln wasn't afraid at all of an assasination.