[thecavemaster]

Go ahead and perpetrate the hoax if you want, CM. I am beginning to understand why you never provide links to the "information" that your post here.

I provided sources, which can easily be looked up. I am not surprised, Hoot, that a sort such as you would completely buy into the sanitized version of Lincoln. However, this particular tack of yours in this thread is foolish. Again, I invite anyone interested to search out this quote, look at the Snope's site, and make their own determination. The quote, to my mind and satisfaction after research, is legitimate and squares with other things Lincoln wrote about in his letters or suggested in his speeches. The thought thread runs true. I know when things don't square with your tight little worldview, Hoot, that you get troubled. Ease your mind. Allow those who are interested enough to make their own determination.