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All this has been my fault.

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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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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Without music, we wouldn't have an Army.
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The education of a man is never completed until he dies.
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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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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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It is glorious to see such courage in one so young.
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Let us go home and cultivate our virtues.
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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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A land without memories is a people without liberty.
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We have fought this fight as long, and as well as we know how. We have been defeated. For us as a Christian people, there is now but one course to pursue. We must accept the situation.
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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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Abandon your animosities and make your sons Americans!
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My chief concern is to try to be an humble, earnest Christian.
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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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A man may manifest and communicate his joy, but he should conceal and smother his grief as much as possible.
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The devil's name is dullness.
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Ideas are easy to conceive, less easy to execute.
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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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It is good that war is so horrible, or we might grow to like it.
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Let us pray for ourselves, that we may not lose the word “concern” out of our Christian vocabulary. Let us pray for our nation. Let us pray for those who have never known Jesus Christ and redeeming love, for moral forces everywhere, for our national leaders. Let prayer be our passion. Let prayer be our practice.
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