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Say what you mean to do...and take it for granted you mean to do right. Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or keep one...you will wrong him and wrong yourself by equivocation of any kind.
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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It is glorious to see such courage in one so young.
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Get correct views of life, and learn to see the world in its true light. It will enable you to live pleasantly, to do good, and, when summoned away, to leave without regret.
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It is good that war is so horrible, or we might grow to like it.
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Act with a determination not to be turned aside by thoughts of the past and fears of the future.
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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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We must forgive our enemies. I can truly say that not a day has passed since the war began that I have not prayed for them.
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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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My trust is in the mercy and wisdom of a kind Providence, who ordereth all things for our good.
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