Facts about Abraham Lincoln

What was Abraham Lincoln like?

As a young man, Abraham Lincoln was an amiable, modest young man with a knack for story telling and a wry sense of humor. Abraham Lincoln made friends easily but even when he was young, people spoke of the melancholy that seemed to envelop him.

Abraham Lincoln suffered from Deep, Dark Depressions

As Abraham grew older, and especially during his years in the White House, Abraham Lincoln was prone to deep, dark depressions, some of which lasted for days.

Abraham Lincoln 's passion for Shakespeare's plays

Later on in Abraham Lincoln childhood, Abraham Lincoln developed a passion for Shakespeare's plays, long passages of which  Abraham Lincoln could recite from memory.  Abraham Lincoln also studied the Bible and always kept a copy of it on his desk at the White House. At night, when the terrible stress of his responsibilities kept him from sleeping,  Abraham Lincoln would flip through the Bible and read different passages to himself. One of the books  Abraham Lincoln read as a youth, that left an enduring mark, was a biography of George Washington that detailed the country's struggle for liberty.  Abraham Lincoln said later: "I recollect thinking then, boy even though I was, that there must have been something more than common that those men struggled for."