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We have but one rule here, and that is that every student must be a gentleman.

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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Whither shall I flee? To no country on earth that I know of where there is as much liberty as yet remains to me even in Virginia.
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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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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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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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