Robert Edward Lee

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General Robert Edward Lee
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General Robert Edward Lee

Robert Edward Lee (19 January 19 1807 – 12 October 1870)

Quotes

The truth is this: The march of Providence is so slow and our desires so impatient; the work of progress so immense and our means of aiding it so feeble; the life of humanity is so long, that of the individual so brief, that we often see only the ebb of the advancing wave and are thus discouraged. It is history that teaches us to hope.

"We could have pursued no other course without dishonor. And sad as the results have been, if it had all to be done over again, we should be compelled to act in precisely the same manner."

"Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, you should never wish to do less.”

A later photograph of Lee.
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A later photograph of Lee.