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What a glorious world Almighty God has given us. How thankless and ungrateful we are, and how we labor to mar his gifts.
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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A land without memories is a people without liberty.
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Duty, then is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more you should never wish to do less.
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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 trust is in the mercy and wisdom of a kind Providence, who ordereth all things for our good.
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The questions which for years were in dispute between the State and General Government, and which unhappily were not decided by the dictates of reason, but referred to the decision of war, having been decided against us, it is the part of wisdom to acquiesce in the result, and of candor to recognize the fact.
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A Union that can only be maintained by swords and bayonets, and in which strife and civil war are to take the place of brotherly love and kindness, has no charm for me.
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Every student must be a gentleman.
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You cannot barter manhood for peace.
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In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength.
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