His mind, images he wouldnt be able to report, however, subconscious they were, maybe got a flickr of something as he lay there across the street. My hope is that as he lay dying lincoln was able to call to mind the image of even jesus on the cross, perhaps, but certainly my hope is that he would have had the knowledge that historic irony was about to take place. He was about to die, having been shot all the very day of jesuss crucifixion. And that would send him into a martyrdom like none other. Maybe he had some inkling that this was his fate. Of course, as is just my fantasy. But we do know, i think, the during the day of april 14, he may have been looking forward happily to the knights of thinking the night of thinking that lay ahead. Take you. [applause] thank you. [applause] richard i see a questioner,. A quick question about what motivated you to write your book given that you would written previous books about religious history in america. Like slaves the shift to lincoln . Wha