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A Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee

PART I
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Duty, then, is the sublimest word in our language.

Do your duty in all things, like the old Puritan.

You cannot do more, you should never wish to do less.

Never let me and your mother wear one gray hair for any lack of duty on your part." The maxims of this letter indicate the noble and conscientious character of the man who wrote it.

"Frankness is the child of honesty and courage." "Say just what you mean to do on every occasion." "Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or keep one." "Duty is the sublimest word in our language ...


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