“Tell me, how can I live without my Husband any longer? This is my first awakening thought each morning, and as I watch the waves of the turbulent lake under our windows I sometimes feel I should like to go under them.” FeelsShouldFirstsSometimesWatchesMorningHusbandWindowWaveAwakeningLakesMy Husband Book:Mary Todd Lincoln: her life and letters Source: Mary Todd Lincoln: her life and letters
“I explain to you, exactly and truly, how we are circumstanced. A greater portion of our means is unavailable, consisting of a house in S. Springfield and some wild lands in Iowa. Notwithstanding my great and good husband's life was sacrificed for his country, we are left to struggle in a manner...of life undeserved. Roving Generals have elegant mansions showered upon them, and the American people leave the family of the Martyred President to struggle as best they may! Strange justice this.” PeopleMayMeanCountryHouseLeftPresidentJusticeStruggleGreaterLandStrangeHusbandPortionsResentmentElegantMansionsIowaGood HusbandMartyredRoving Author:Mary Todd Lincoln
“My husband is not a Christian but is a religious man, I think.” ThinkingMenChristianReligionReligiousAtheismHusbandMy Husband Author:Mary Todd Lincoln
