With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die.


The Wit & Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: A Treasury of Quotations, Anecdotes, and Observations (ed. Gramercy, 1999)


With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die.

With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die.

With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die.

With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die.