"I would willingly take out of my life a period in years equal to the two months which intervene between now and my inauguration to take the oath of office now.'' "Why?'' I asked. "Because every hour adds to the difficulties I am called upon to meet, and the present administration does nothing to check the tendency toward dissolution. I, who have been called to meet this awful responsibility, am compelled to remain here, doing nothing to avert it or lessen its force when it comes to me.''
"But every day adds to the difficulty of the situation, and makes the outlook more gloomy...I have read, upon my knees, the story of Gethsemane, where the Son of God prayed in vain that the cup of bitterness might pass from him. I am in the Garden of Gethsemane now, and my cup of bitterness is full and overflowing." from Abraham Lincoln: The Man & His Faith by G. Frederick Owen
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