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In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength.

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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A Union that can only be maintained by swords and bayonets, and in which strife and civil war are to take the place of brotherly love and kindness, has no charm for me.
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Let us pray for ourselves, that we may not lose the word “concern” out of our Christian vocabulary. Let us pray for our nation. Let us pray for those who have never known Jesus Christ and redeeming love, for moral forces everywhere, for our national leaders. Let prayer be our passion. Let prayer be our practice.
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I was too weak to defend, so I attacked
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No day should be lived unless it was begun with a prayer of thankfulness and an intercession for guidance.
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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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I would rather die a thousand deaths than surrender.
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Say what you mean to do...and take it for granted you mean to do right. Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or keep one...you will wrong him and wrong yourself by equivocation of any kind.
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Such an executive officer the sun never shone on. I have but to show him my design, and I know that it can be done, it will be done...Straight as the needle to the pole he advanced to the execution of my purpose.
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Marry...into a family that will enable your children to feel proud of both sides of the house.
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There is no more dangerous experiment than that of undertaking to be one thing before a man's face and another behind his back.
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I endeavored to give thanks to our Heavenly Father for all his mercies to me, for his preservation of me through all the dangers I have passed, and all the blessings which he has bestowed upon me, for I know I fall far short of my obligations
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