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It is glorious to see such courage in one so young.
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
General Lee
General R. E. Lee
General Robert E. Lee
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Gen. Robert Edward Lee
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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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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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Say what you mean to do...and take it for granted you mean to do right. Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or keep one...you will wrong him and wrong yourself by equivocation of any kind.
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You cannot barter manhood for peace.
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The consolidation of the states into one vast empire, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of ruin which has overwhelmed all that preceded it.
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Ideas are easy to conceive, less easy to execute.
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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.
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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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Act with a determination not to be turned aside by thoughts of the past and fears of the future.
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We have but one rule here, and that is that every student must be a gentleman.
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Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or to keep one.
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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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Get correct views of life, and learn to see the world in its true light. It will enable you to live pleasantly, to do good, and, when summoned away, to leave without regret.
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Our country demands all our strength, all our energies. To resist the powerful combination now forming against us will require every man at his place. If victorious, we will have everything to hope for in the future. If defeated, nothing will be left for us to live for.
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Abandon your animosities and make your sons Americans!
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