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In this letter to James Hackett, Lincoln writes "I think the soliloquy in Hamlet commencing 'Oh my offense is rank' surpasses that commencing. 'To be or not to be.'"
James Hackett as Falstaff in Shakespeare's Henry IV, circa 1859
Hackett contacted Lincoln in March 1864 to invite him to several upcoming performances at Ford's Theatre. |