Thanks a good question, and thanks for subscribing. They were both depressed by the war, so I don't think they felt better because of it, like say U.S. Grant who'd get down when he was idle.
I seriously doubt a lot of this. How does it explain having 4 children at a time when middle to upper class whites knew of birth control methods? He wouldn't have kept having children with her. In general, I find it hard to believe a man that is deeply unhappy with a woman would be inclined to reason, "I'm miserable in this marriage, guess I'll keep impregnating the wife." To say Matilda was "beautiful" is also a subjective matter. Outside of that, it is much more plausible that Lincoln called off their engagement because of his own insecurity around being able to provide (he struggled to have financial means in the beginning) than to believe it was because he fell for the 18-year-old Matilda Edwards. She would have had a number of suitors and Lincoln likely would have never had a chance, in so much as to ditch Mary Todd to be a hopeful. How would she (Mary Todd) have been able to have premarital sex under the watchful gaze of her elder sister, and everyone belonging to that household in the 19th century with a fellow like Lincoln--a man that many in that circle did not fully like or understand because he talked "funny" was back woodsy, etc.? Maybe I'll pick up the book, but I have my reservations going in. I'll be open, but I can't get around this knowing the social mores of the day.
You have it all wrong premarital sex was shameful act. Once again you are judging by the standards of today. Instead of the standards of that time. Having children was a blessing from God. A man and a woman staid married for life Regardless how you felt. No quick divorce.
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This was not long enough how wonderful! ❤❤❤❤❤❤
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Wonderful exposa. Abraham had such a tragic life.
Tad died in 1871.
Would you say Churchill and Lincoln were similar in their melancholia?
Would it be fair to say that war brought them out of it?
Thanks a good question, and thanks for subscribing. They were both depressed by the war, so I don't think they felt better because of it, like say U.S. Grant who'd get down when he was idle.
I seriously doubt a lot of this. How does it explain having 4 children at a time when middle to upper class whites knew of birth control methods? He wouldn't have kept having children with her. In general, I find it hard to believe a man that is deeply unhappy with a woman would be inclined to reason, "I'm miserable in this marriage, guess I'll keep impregnating the wife."
To say Matilda was "beautiful" is also a subjective matter. Outside of that, it is much more plausible that Lincoln called off their engagement because of his own insecurity around being able to provide (he struggled to have financial means in the beginning) than to believe it was because he fell for the 18-year-old Matilda Edwards. She would have had a number of suitors and Lincoln likely would have never had a chance, in so much as to ditch Mary Todd to be a hopeful.
How would she (Mary Todd) have been able to have premarital sex under the watchful gaze of her elder sister, and everyone belonging to that household in the 19th century with a fellow like Lincoln--a man that many in that circle did not fully like or understand because he talked "funny" was back woodsy, etc.?
Maybe I'll pick up the book, but I have my reservations going in. I'll be open, but I can't get around this knowing the social mores of the day.
You have it all wrong premarital sex was shameful act. Once again you are judging by the standards of today. Instead of the standards of that time. Having children was a blessing from God. A man and a woman staid married for life
Regardless how you felt. No quick divorce.