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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
General Lee
General R. E. Lee
General Robert E. Lee
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Gen. Robert Edward Lee
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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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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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The enemy is here, and if we do not whip him, he will whip us.
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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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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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A nation which does not remember what it was yesterday does not know where it is today.
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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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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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We must...submit ourselves in adversity to the will of a merciful God as cheerfully as in prosperity.
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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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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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