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Get correct views of life, and learn to see the world in its true light. It will enable you to live pleasantly, to do good, and, when summoned away, to leave without regret.
Robert E. Lee
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Robert E. Lee
Age: 63 †
Born: 1807
Born: January 19
Died: 1870
Died: October 12
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Abandon your animosities and make your sons Americans!
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My trust is in the mercy and wisdom of a kind Providence, who ordereth all things for our good.
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We must...submit ourselves in adversity to the will of a merciful God as cheerfully as in prosperity.
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I tremble for my country when I hear of confidence expressed in me. I know too well my weakness, that our only hope is in God.
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I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.
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