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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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I will attack no matter what and win the war!
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There is always hazard in military activity, but we must decide between the positive loss of inactivity and the risk of action.
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My chief concern is to try to be an humble, earnest Christian.
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A land without memories is a people without liberty.
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We cannot afford to be idle, and though weaker than our opponents in men and military equipments, must endeavor to harass, if we cannot destroy them.
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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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Get correct views of life, and learn to see the world in its true light. It will enable you to live pleasantly, to do good, and, when summoned away, to leave without regret.
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Traveler is my only companion I may also say my pleasure. He and I, whenever practicable, wander out in the mountains and enjoy sweet confidence.
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I did only what my duty demanded. I could have taken no other course without dishonor.
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There is a true glory and a true honor: the glory of duty done--the honor of the integrity of principle.
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I was too weak to defend, so I attacked
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A man may manifest and communicate his joy, but he should conceal and smother his grief as much as possible.
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If we do not do this our churches will lighthouses without light, wells without water, dumb witnesses, sleeping watchmen, silent trumpets, messengers without tidings, a comfort for infidels, jubilant joys to the devil, and an offense to God.
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It is glorious to see such courage in one so young.
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I endeavored to give thanks to our Heavenly Father for all his mercies to me, for his preservation of me through all the dangers I have passed, and all the blessings which he has bestowed upon me, for I know I fall far short of my obligations
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The dominant party cannot reign forever, and truth and justice will prevail at last.
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You cannot be a true man until you learn to obey.
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Let us pray for ourselves, that we may not lose the word “concern” out of our Christian vocabulary. Let us pray for our nation. Let us pray for those who have never known Jesus Christ and redeeming love, for moral forces everywhere, for our national leaders. Let prayer be our passion. Let prayer be our practice.
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