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Robert E. Lee
Age: 63 †
Born: 1807
Born: January 19
Died: 1870
Died: October 12
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Every student must be a gentleman.
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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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Duty, then is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more you should never wish to do less.
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We made a great mistake in the beginning of our struggle, and I fear, in spite of all we can do, it will prove to be a fatal mistake. We appointed all our worst generals to command our armies, and all our best generals to edit the newspapers
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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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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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Alabama soldiers, all I ask of you is to keep up with the Texans!
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I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.
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My chief concern is to try to be an humble, earnest Christian.
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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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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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To be a good soldier, you must love the army. To be a good commander, you must be willing to order the death of the thing you love.
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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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We must...submit ourselves in adversity to the will of a merciful God as cheerfully as in prosperity.
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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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The devil's name is dullness.
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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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Duty is the sublimest work in the English language.
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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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