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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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Robert Edward Lee
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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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My chief concern is to try to be an humble, earnest Christian.
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Every student must be a gentleman.
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You cannot barter manhood for peace.
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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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We must forgive our enemies. I can truly say that not a day has passed since the war began that I have not prayed for them.
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I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.
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A land without memories is a people without liberty.
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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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We must forgive our enemies.
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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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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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History teaches us hope.
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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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Act with a determination not to be turned aside by thoughts of the past and fears of the future.
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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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No day should be lived unless it was begun with a prayer of thankfulness and an intercession for guidance.
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The enemy is here, and if we do not whip him, he will whip us.
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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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