What does a beloved American legend have to do to get some rest? That's what Abe Lincoln must be thinking. No sooner does one historian, or sociologist, or psychologist, or theologist stop poking at him with a new theory about his personality or intelligence or religious belief or sexual orientation than another Lincolnian looks to cash in on the trend.
Now, in her book The Psychic Life of Abraham Lincoln, spiritualist Susan Martinez lauds the 16th president as "a pretty psychic guy." He —stop the presses — attended at least one seance called by his wife after the death of their son Willie. Whoooooooo!!
And you wonder why the man's face always looks so...drawn.
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