Lying to myself? I gave you my take after reading and digesting the entire letter. I do not deserve invectives for tendering an opinion; perhaps that’s all you can do; I just don’t know.
Your candle is out.
Perhaps the word "lying" was too strong. Perhaps "deluding yourself" is more appropriate.
How you can read that letter and conclude that Lincoln fully intended to Abolish slavery is either an issue of reading comprehension or a willful determination not to understand it.
Lincoln plain out says so.