Booth's Mental health

[LincolnToddFan]

This is a quite excellent and well written article from the archives of The Atlantic entitled "John Wilkes Booth and The Higher Law". It's theme is that higher law, or moral law was considered the ideal in the 19th century and that it superseded mere man made law. I am too lazy and not articulate enough to give a blow by blow analysis of this article but basically it states what I agree with...John Brown, John Wilkes Booth, and Abraham Lincoln were all convinced that they were pursuing a course that was sanctifioned by Higher Law.

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/arch...aw/385461/