Archive for March 27th, 2008
“Wishing to be Happy while She is Otherwise”
Thursday, March 27th, 2008This is one of my favorite Lincoln letters. He had just received a letter from his recently married friend Joshua F. Speed. On this date in 1842, Lincoln penned an extraordinary reply. In the first 200 words, Lincoln conveys how happy he is for his friend, but then he transitions to his own sad situation: [...]