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There is a true glory and a true honor: the glory of duty done--the honor of the integrity of principle.
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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If we do not do this our churches will lighthouses without light, wells without water, dumb witnesses, sleeping watchmen, silent trumpets, messengers without tidings, a comfort for infidels, jubilant joys to the devil, and an offense to God.
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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 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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Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or to keep one.
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He has lost his left arm, but I my right.
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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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The devil's name is dullness.
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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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A nation which does not remember what it was yesterday does not know where it is today.
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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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Postal officials say that before Christmas they receive tons of letters written to Santa Claus, but after Christmas how few letters of thanks are sent to him! From childhood onward, human beings seem to be characterized by thanklessness.
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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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Every student must be a gentleman.
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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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A land without memories is a people without liberty.
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I have been up to see the Congress and they do not seem to be able to do anything except to eat peanuts and chew tobacco, while my army is starving.
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