LINCOLN WAS MANIC DEPRESSIVE, FEDERAL AGENCY SAYS.(News)

From: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Date: February 12, 1998 | Copyright information

Abraham Lincoln most likely suffered from a mental disorder, a federal agency says.

The president who preserved the union, signed the Emancipation Proclamation, wrote and spoke some of the wittiest and most inspiring words of any American leader likely was - during the time of his greatest achievements - a manic depressive.

This claim comes from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

``Abraham Lincoln is an inspiration to everyone who is living with depression and/or bipolar ...

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