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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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Robert Edward Lee
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Postal officials say that before Christmas they receive tons of letters written to Santa Claus, but after Christmas how few letters of thanks are sent to him! From childhood onward, human beings seem to be characterized by thanklessness.
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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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I will attack no matter what and win the war!
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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 this has been my fault.
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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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I can only say that I am nothing but a poor sinner, trusting in Christ alone for salvation.
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You cannot barter manhood for peace.
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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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Every student must be a gentleman.
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We cannot afford to be idle, and though weaker than our opponents in men and military equipments, must endeavor to harass, if we cannot destroy them.
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General Longstreet,when once in a fight, was a most brilliant soldier but he was the hardest man to move I had in my army.
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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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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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The devil's name is dullness.
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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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