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I think it better to do right, even if we suffer in so doing, than to incur the reproach of our consciences and posterity.
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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Death, in its silent sure march is fast gathering those whom I have longest loved, so that when he shall knock at my door, I will more willingly follow.
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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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We have fought this fight as long, and as well as we know how. We have been defeated. For us as a Christian people, there is now but one course to pursue. We must accept the situation.
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A man may manifest and communicate his joy, but he should conceal and smother his grief as much as possible.
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He has lost his left arm, but I my right.
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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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All that the South has ever desired was that the Union, as established by our forefathers, should be preserved, and that the government as originally organized should be administered in purity and truth.
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I was too weak to defend, so I attacked
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I can only say that I am nothing but a poor sinner, trusting in Christ alone for salvation.
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