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Let us go home and cultivate our virtues.
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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In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength.
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We have fought this fight as long, and as well as we know how. We have been defeated. For us as a Christian people, there is now but one course to pursue. We must accept the situation.
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I would rather die a thousand deaths than surrender.
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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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To be a good soldier, you must love the army. To be a good commander, you must be willing to order the death of the thing you love.
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We have but one rule here, and that is that every student must be a gentleman.
Robert E. Lee
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.
Robert E. Lee
My trust is in the mercy and wisdom of a kind Providence, who ordereth all things for our good.
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We must forgive our enemies.
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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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Without music, we wouldn't have an Army.
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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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Duty is the sublimest work in the English language.
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You cannot be a true man until you learn to obey.
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As a general principle you should not force young men to do their duty, but let them do it voluntarily and thereby develop their characters.
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I tremble for my country when I hear of confidence expressed in me. I know too well my weakness, that our only hope is in God.
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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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Lee tells his troops. After four years of arduous service marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude the Army of Northern Virginia has been compelled to yield to overwhelming numbers and resources.
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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.
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It is glorious to see such courage in one so young.
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