There is a second-hand story in "The Outlook" magazine, re-published in several articles. According to the reports, Dr. Barrows had learnt an interesting story from Max Muller, professor at Oxford University about Sanskrit, where Max Muller had asked Swami Vivekananda if his master, Ramakrishna, knew Sanskrit. Barrows claimed that Abraham Lincoln had become a Christian without providing any evidence. In the "Lincoln Memorial Album", following Lincoln's assassination, Dr. Barrows wrote a few comments about Lincoln's religion: