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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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Robert Edward Lee
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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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A man may manifest and communicate his joy, but he should conceal and smother his grief as much as possible.
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There are few, I believe, in this enlightened age, who will not acknowledge that slavery as an institution is a moral and political evil.
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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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Ideas are easy to conceive, less easy to execute.
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No blame can be attached to the army for its failure to accomplish what was projected by me... I alone am to blame, in perhaps expecting too much of its prowess and valor... could I have foreseen that the attack on the last day would fail, I should certainly have tried some other course... but I do not know what better course I could have pursued.
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The devil's name is dullness.
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We cannot afford to be idle, and though weaker than our opponents in men and military equipments, must endeavor to harass, if we cannot destroy them.
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Traveler is my only companion I may also say my pleasure. He and I, whenever practicable, wander out in the mountains and enjoy sweet confidence.
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Every student must be a gentleman.
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For I consider the character of no man affected by a want of success, provided he has made an honest effort to succeed.
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I was too weak to defend, so I attacked
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