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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
Military Officer
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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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No day should be lived unless it was begun with a prayer of thankfulness and an intercession for guidance.
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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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