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Act with a determination not to be turned aside by thoughts of the past and fears of the future.
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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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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The trite saying that 'honesty is the best policy' has met with the just criticism that honesty is not policy. The seems to be true. The real honest man is honest from conviction of what is right, not from policy.
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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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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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I can only say that I am nothing but a poor sinner, trusting in Christ alone for salvation.
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My chief concern is to try to be an humble, earnest Christian.
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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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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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The education of a man is never completed until he dies.
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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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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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Let us go home and cultivate our virtues.
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There is always hazard in military activity, but we must decide between the positive loss of inactivity and the risk of action.
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I did only what my duty demanded. I could have taken no other course without dishonor.
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There is a true glory and a true honor: the glory of duty done--the honor of the integrity of principle.
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For I consider the character of no man affected by a want of success, provided he has made an honest effort to succeed.
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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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Every student must be a gentleman.
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I will attack no matter what and win the war!
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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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