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Abraham Lincoln's Depression

“𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭; 𝘐 𝘢𝘸𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘦 𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵. 𝘛𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦; 𝘐 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦.”
Abraham Lincoln, January 20th, 1841

An article on Abraham Lincoln's depression from the Atlantic