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Archive Home > 2008 > June > 08 > Of vices as well as talent

Of vices as well as talent

By David Brooks / The Bulletin
June 8, 2008

In January 1841, Abraham Lincoln seems to have at least vaguely thought of suicide. His friend Joshua Speed found him one day thrashing about in his room. “Lincoln went Crazy,” Speed wrote. “I had to remove razors from his room — take away all Knives and....

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