The ups and downs of Lincoln's legacy
One hundred and fifty years ago today, Abraham Lincoln died after being shot the night before. That April 15 was the Saturday between Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Herman Melville versed,
Good Friday was the day
Of the prodigy and crime,
When they killed him in his pity,
When they killed him in his prime.
Like others, Melville linked Lincoln, the so-called savior of the Union, to Jesus Christ, the savior of humanity:
