Lincoln's Christianity by Michael Burkhimer

[Eva Elisabeth]

Re: "You ask Why would an atheist write out such apparently devout thoughts. And that no one was really even supposed to see these personal jottings, anyway.

I believe I addressed that when I said earlier,

'I see supposed 'fragments' on this and that in dead letter Lincoln material: Niagra Falls, Golden apples, etc. This 'meditation' fragment sounds to me like future material being cooked for what amounted to another speech, the 2nd Inaugural..wonder how many other 'fragments' of Lincoln's may still be out there.'"

Thanks. I am afraid I find this so farfetched that I didn't realize it to be the actual reply.

Re.: "Lincoln was almost universally hated by North and South."

You seem to hate him thoroughly and with obsession, maharba. However, why was he reelected by people who hated him?