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

[RJNorton]

(09-08-2020 04:52 PM)LincolnMan Wrote:  He voiced future plans he wanted to undertake with Mary.

Good memory, Bill. In a December 17, 1866, letter to Reverend James Smith, former minister of Springfield's First Presbyterian Church, Mary Lincoln wrote:

"You can readily believe that no place is home to me now and I have sometimes thought, in the course of a year or two, I would carry out the intentions of my beloved husband, who proposed the last week of his precious life that at the expiration of his second term, we would visit Europe and he appeared to anticipate much pleasure from a visit to Palestine - But a few days after this conversation the crown of immortality was his - he was rejoicing in the presence of his Saviour, and was in the midst of the Heavenly Jerusalem, where his troubles were ended, and his life had been sacrificed for his love to his Country...."