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What a beautiful world God, in His loving kindness to His creatures, has given us! What a shame that men endowed with reason and knowledge of right should mar His gifts.
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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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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There is nothing left for me to do but to go and see General Grant and I would rather die a thousand deaths.
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I did only what my duty demanded. I could have taken no other course without dishonor.
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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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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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You cannot barter manhood for peace.
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I have thought from the time of the cessation of the hostilities, that silence and patience on the part of the South was the true course and I think so still. Controversy of all kinds will, in my opinion, only serve to continue excitement and passion, and will prevent the public mind from the acknowledgement and acceptance of the truth.
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There is scarcely anything that is right that we cannot hope to accomplish by labor and perseverance. But the first must be earnest and the second unremitting.
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The devil's name is dullness.
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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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No day should be lived unless it was begun with a prayer of thankfulness and an intercession for guidance.
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Duty is the sublimest work in the English language.
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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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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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Let us go home and cultivate our virtues.
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History teaches us hope.
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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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My experience through life has convinced me that, while moderation and temperance in all things are commendable and beneficial, abstinence from spirituous liquors is the best safeguard of morals and health.
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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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The dominant party cannot reign forever, and truth and justice will prevail at last.
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