there would be no reason for phineas gurley to make that up. it's a wonderful idea for us, in thinking about how lincoln's mind works. and what he might have been thinking on april 14. he might've been thinking during his conscious hours, during the day on april 14 about what he was going to think about that night. he didn't have time to think things through in 30 seconds of talking about richmond was kyler colfax, or three minutes of chatting with mary about their future life together. but he knew this whole life awaited him, when he did most of his thinking. i go back to the hope that even in his unconscious state lincoln, lying on his deathbed, might have had i

there would be no reason for phineas gurley to make that up. it's a wonderful idea for us, in thinking about how lincoln's mind works. and what he might have been thinking on april 14. he might've been thinking during his conscious hours, during the day on april 14 about what he was going to think about that night. he didn't have time to think things through in 30 seconds of talking about richmond was kyler colfax, or three minutes of chatting with mary about their future life together. but he knew this whole life awaited him, when he did most of his thinking. i go back to the hope that even in his unconscious state lincoln, lying on his deathbed, might have had images come to his mind, images he wouldn't be able to report, however, subconscious they were, maybe got a flickr of something as he lay there across the street. my hope is that as he lay dying lincoln was able to call to mind the image of even jesus on the cross, perhaps, but certainly my hope is that he would have had the knowledge that historic irony was about to take place. he was