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I did only what my duty demanded. I could have taken no other course without dishonor.
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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What a glorious world Almighty God has given us. How thankless and ungrateful we are, and how we labor to mar his gifts.
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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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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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Alabama soldiers, all I ask of you is to keep up with the Texans!
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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 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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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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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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There are things in the Old Book which I may not be able to explain, but I fully accept it as the infallible Word of God, and receive its teachings as inspired by the Holy Spirit.
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What a beautiful world God, in His loving kindness to His creatures, has given us! What a shame that men endowed with reason and knowledge of right should mar His gifts.
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If we do not do this our churches will lighthouses without light, wells without water, dumb witnesses, sleeping watchmen, silent trumpets, messengers without tidings, a comfort for infidels, jubilant joys to the devil, and an offense to God.
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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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It is glorious to see such courage in one so young.
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Without music, we wouldn't have an Army.
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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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A Union that can only be maintained by swords and bayonets, and in which strife and civil war are to take the place of brotherly love and kindness, has no charm for me.
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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 will attack no matter what and win the war!
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Let us go home and cultivate our virtues.
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