Lincoln and Syphilis
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04-02-2019, 06:39 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-02-2019 06:40 PM by LincolnMan.)
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RE: Lincoln and Syphilis
(04-02-2019 06:09 PM)Rob Wick Wrote: One thing I've noticed from reading Ida Tarbell's papers is how promiscuous people on the frontier were. The number of illegitimate people in Lincoln's family alone is testament to that fact. So I don't have any issue accepting that not only was Lincoln a sexual being before marriage, his fear of contracting syphilis was legitimate. Again, if one looks at the criticism that Herndon received, it's usually not that he was incorrect, but that he brought out things that were better left unwritten. That Lincoln fathered no illegitimate children would almost seem a miracle. Rob: agree totally with your post. No reason to assume that Lincoln was a virgin before marriage. Bill Nash |
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