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It is good that war is so horrible, or we might grow to like it.
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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We must forgive our enemies. I can truly say that not a day has passed since the war began that I have not prayed for them.
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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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