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Duty is the sublimest work in the English language.

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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I would rather die a thousand deaths than surrender.
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Marry...into a family that will enable your children to feel proud of both sides of the house.
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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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History teaches us hope.
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Let us pray for ourselves, that we may not lose the word “concern” out of our Christian vocabulary. Let us pray for our nation. Let us pray for those who have never known Jesus Christ and redeeming love, for moral forces everywhere, for our national leaders. Let prayer be our passion. Let prayer be our practice.
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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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There is always hazard in military activity, but we must decide between the positive loss of inactivity and the risk of action.
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Such an executive officer the sun never shone on. I have but to show him my design, and I know that it can be done, it will be done...Straight as the needle to the pole he advanced to the execution of my purpose.
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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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I was too weak to defend, so I attacked
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Let us go home and cultivate our virtues.
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I tremble for my country when I hear of confidence expressed in me. I know too well my weakness, that our only hope is in God.
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It is good that war is so horrible, or we might grow to like it.
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I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.
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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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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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No day should be lived unless it was begun with a prayer of thankfulness and an intercession for guidance.
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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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As a general principle you should not force young men to do their duty, but let them do it voluntarily and thereby develop their characters.
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I like whiskey. I always did, and that is why I never drink it.
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