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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.
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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All that the South has ever desired was that the Union, as established by our forefathers, should be preserved, and that the government as originally organized should be administered in purity and truth.
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Ideas are easy to conceive, less easy to execute.
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Our country demands all our strength, all our energies. To resist the powerful combination now forming against us will require every man at his place. If victorious, we will have everything to hope for in the future. If defeated, nothing will be left for us to live for.
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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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