“What leader that hopes to be worth their salt has not studied the greatest leaders of our past?  Well, I have read about Abraham Lincoln and now fear for my life.  It was said that he prophesied his own death through his dreams.  Nightmares is more what I would call them, for now I am afflicted with the same visions.  Mine are not as clear as Lincoln’s.  They are never the same and never consistent.  Except in one factor.  My death.  My assassination.  Why did I ever take on this role to become the President of the United States?  I called upon a tarot reader to verify my feelings and instantly the verdict was the same.  The Death card.  I am in grave danger.  I am afraid at every event that I attend.  I cannot help but see my murderous end around every corner.  I do not wish to die but I also fear leaving the office.  I will never recover from such an act of cowardice.  What good is dying to preserve a reputation though?  Please God, spare me from this terrible end.  I promise to do better in everything I do.

-James A. Garfield 1881″