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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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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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What a cruel thing is war: to separate and destroy families and friends, and mar the purest joys and happiness God has granted us in this world to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors, and to devastate the fair face of this beautiful world.
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It is good that war is so horrible, or we might grow to like it.
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I like whiskey. I always did, and that is why I never drink it.
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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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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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Marry...into a family that will enable your children to feel proud of both sides of the house.
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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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Abandon your animosities and make your sons Americans!
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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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The enemy is here, and if we do not whip him, he will whip us.
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I consider the proper education of our youths one of the most important objects now to be attained and one from which the greatest benefits may be expected.
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In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength.
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We have but one rule here, and that is that every student must be a gentleman.
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There is no more dangerous experiment than that of undertaking to be one thing before a man's face and another behind his back.
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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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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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It is glorious to see such courage in one so young.
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I was too weak to defend, so I attacked
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