591. The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: Manhunt for the Killer (Part 2)

After being hunted like a dog through swamps, woods, and last night being chased by gunboats, till I was forced to return wet, cold and starving, with every man's hand against me, I am here. in despair And why? For doing what Brutus was honored for what made William Tell a hero? And yet I, for striking down a greater tyrant than they ever knew, and am looked upon as a common cutthroat, My action was purer than either of theirs.

One hoped to be great himself. The other had not only his country's, but his own wrongs to avenge. I hoped for no gains. I knew no private wrong. I struck for my country, and that alone.

A country groaned beneath this tyranny and prayed for this end, and yet now behold the cold hand they extend to me. I do not repent the blow I struck. I may before my God So that was John Wilkes Booth, great Shakespearean actor. Dominic, you described him in the previous episode as being very much the Brian Blessed school of acting.

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