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18 kwi 2001 · ROBERT E. LEE by Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910) A gallant foeman in the fight, A brother when the fight was o'er, The hand that led the host with might The blessed torch of learning bore. No shriek of shells nor roll of drums, No challenge fierce, resounding far, When reconciling Wisdom comes To heal the cruel wounds of war.
36 quotes from Robert E. Lee: 'Never do a wrong thing to make a friend--or to keep one.', 'I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.', and 'It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it.'
3 gru 2023 · “Robert E. Lee was a man who understood the values of a region which he represented. He was never filled with hatred. He never felt a sense of superiority. He led the southern cause with pride, yes, but with a sense of reluctance as well.”-Jimmy Carter 1/20/1978
Robert Edward Lee (ur. 19 stycznia 1807 w Stratford Hall Plantation, zm. 12 października 1870 w Lexington) – amerykański inżynier i wojskowy, pułkownik kawalerii Armii Stanów Zjednoczonych oraz generał Armii Stanów Skonfederowanych (CSA) w czasie trwania wojny secesyjnej, a w późniejszym okresie mianowany głównodowodzącym wojsk Konfederacji.
Julia Ward Howe. Robert E. Lee. A gallant foeman in the fight, A brother when the fight was o'er, The hand that led the host with might. The blessed torch of learning bore. No shriek of shells nor roll of drums, No challenge fierce, resounding far, When reconciling Wisdom comes.
In Lee, no pride, but virtue all; not liberty for himself alone, but for others, for every one. And this it is that makes the tragedy of his career so large, so fatal, so commanding in its...
10 kwi 2017 · The Robert E. Lee Poetry Collection. 1860-1870 Lee's Character Mary B. Clark. General Robert E. Lee. “General Robert E. Lee” by Mary B. Clark (Tenella) As went the knight with sword and shield. To tourney or to battle-field, Pledged to the lady fair and true. For whom his knightly sword he drew, You offered at your country’s call.
