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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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Robert Edward Lee
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Traveler is my only companion I may also say my pleasure. He and I, whenever practicable, wander out in the mountains and enjoy sweet confidence.
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There is a true glory and a true honor: the glory of duty done--the honor of the integrity of principle.
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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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Act with a determination not to be turned aside by thoughts of the past and fears of the future.
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So far from engaging in a war to perpetuate slavery, I am rejoiced that Slavery is abolished. I believe it will be greatly for the interest of the South. So fully am I satisfied of this that I would have cheerfully lost all that I have lost by the war, and have suffered all that I have suffered to have this object attained.
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I would rather die a thousand deaths than surrender.
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There are few, I believe, in this enlightened age, who will not acknowledge that slavery as an institution is a moral and political evil.
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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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The devil's name is dullness.
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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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The education of a man is never completed until he dies.
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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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No blame can be attached to the army for its failure to accomplish what was projected by me... I alone am to blame, in perhaps expecting too much of its prowess and valor... could I have foreseen that the attack on the last day would fail, I should certainly have tried some other course... but I do not know what better course I could have pursued.
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For I consider the character of no man affected by a want of success, provided he has made an honest effort to succeed.
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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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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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