“A few days before heading toward Washington from our home in Springfield Illinois, I looked at my reflection in the mirror and saw a strange image of myself.  I was not one man but split in twain.  My face is not the most handsome in any room, but it is generally seamless.  I mentioned this to Mary and we discussed several possible meanings.  We agreed on one interpretation that does not sit well in my stomach.  In the first term of my presidency, I shall be fine.  Hopefully, I do not ruin this country as it has survived almost one hundred years before me.  War is pending and I hope in all the power vested in me that I can keep this country whole.  However, my split image seems to foreshadow an unfavorable second term.  A man with any power whatsoever is bound to make an enemy or two.  A man with the power over a divided nation will unfortunately have more than a few enemies.  He might even have half the nation as an enemy and the other half parading as an ally.  I suspect that I will be assassinated in some manner.  I hope that my death will be quick as I am not fond of pain.  I once hit my finger sharply with a hammer and I do not know if I could have survived without the comfort of Mary.  Even if her care came with a few insults against my manhood.

-Abraham Lincoln 1861

*Am I next? – J.A.G”

Wow, it’s crazy to think that Abraham Lincoln had a premonition about his own death. It must have been scary knowing that the end was near.

-Veritas