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Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or to keep one.
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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Robert Edward Lee
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I was too weak to defend, so I attacked
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