this is not a good one

I thought I would post one of my favorite letters for my blog today. You can rest assured that tomorrows will be a good one. It will be about why the crust of bread is not better for you than the normal part. Bryan, if you remember, wrote a post explaining why the crust is better for you than the normal part of the bread, but I am stubborn and refuse to believe his quack science. But for today, I encourage you to read this letter which has been described as one of the purest examples of English:

Executive Mansion,
Washington, Nov. 21, 1864.

Dear Madam,

I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any word of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save. I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.

Yours, very sincerely and respectfully,

A. Lincoln

And remember, tomorrow you will learn why crust is garbage and on Saturday I will tell why Pluto is better off not a planet.