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A man may manifest and communicate his joy, but he should conceal and smother his grief as much as possible.
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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General Robert E. 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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A Union that can only be maintained by swords and bayonets, and in which strife and civil war are to take the place of brotherly love and kindness, has no charm for me.
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Let us go home and cultivate our virtues.
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He has lost his left arm, but I my right.
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My chief concern is to try to be an humble, earnest Christian.
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I did only what my duty demanded. I could have taken no other course without dishonor.
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Duty, then is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more you should never wish to do less.
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The devil's name is dullness.
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I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.
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Marry...into a family that will enable your children to feel proud of both sides of the house.
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The questions which for years were in dispute between the State and General Government, and which unhappily were not decided by the dictates of reason, but referred to the decision of war, having been decided against us, it is the part of wisdom to acquiesce in the result, and of candor to recognize the fact.
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Life Insurance trusts I consider sacred. To hazard the property of the dead & to lose the scanty earnings of fathers & husbands, who have toiled & saved that they may leave something to their families deprived of their care & the support of their labour, is to my mind the worst of crimes.
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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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Without music, we wouldn't have an Army.
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As a general principle you should not force young men to do their duty, but let them do it voluntarily and thereby develop their characters.
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Lee tells his troops. After four years of arduous service marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude the Army of Northern Virginia has been compelled to yield to overwhelming numbers and resources.
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