"I can only say that I am nothing but a poor sinner,
trusting in Christ alone for salvation."
Robert E. Lee
General Robert Edward Lee
(January 19, 1807-October 12, 1870)
Photograph courtesy/The Library of Congress
The man was loved, the man was idolized,
the man had every just and noble gift.
He took great burdens and bore them well,
Believed in God but did not preach too much,
Believed and followed duty first and last
With marvellous consistency and force,
Was a great victor, in defeat as great,
No more, no less, always himself in both."
An excerpt from the poem,
"Robert E. Lee"
Stephen Vincent Benet
(1898-1943)
American poet
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