What a glorious world God almighty has given us. How thankless and ungrateful we are, and how we labour to mar His gifts... " - Gen. Robert E. Lee
" There is a true glory and a true honour; the glory of duty done-the honour of the integrity of principle." Robert E. Lee
"My experiences of men has neither disposed me to think worse of them
nor be indisposed to serve them: nor , in spite of failures which I
lament , of errors which I now see and acknowledge , or the present
aspect of affairs , do I dispair of the future.
"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."
General R.E.Lee , letter to Lt. Colonel Charles Marshall , shortly
before Lee's death , quoted in Charles Flood , 'Lee:the Last Years." 1981
"Private and public life are subject to the same rules;and truth and
manliness are two qualities that will carry you through this world much
better than policy, or tact , or expediency , or any other word that was
ever devised to conceal or mystify a deviation from the straight line."
General R.E.Lee , from his postwar writtings , quoted in Jones, "Life
and Letters of Robert Edward Lee" 1906
The forbearing use of power does not only form a touchstone, but the manner in which an individual enjoys certain advantages over others is a test of a true gentleman.
The power which the strong have over the weak, the employer over the employed, the educated over the unlettered, the experienced over the confiding, even the clever over the silly--the forbearing or inoffensive use of all this power or authority, or a total abstinence from it when the case admits it, will show the gentleman in a plain light
The gentleman does not needlessly and unnecessarily remind an offender of a wrong he may have committed against him. He cannot only forgive, he can forget; and he strives for that nobleness of self and mildness of character which impart sufficient strength to let the past be but the past. A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others....."Definition of a Gentleman" Robert E Lee
"Men's convictions as to Truth, or what they receive as the Truth, depend entirely upon their understanding of facts!" - Vice President Alexander H. Stephens
" There is a true glory and a true honour; the glory of duty done-the honour of the integrity of principle." Robert E. Lee
"My experiences of men has neither disposed me to think worse of them
nor be indisposed to serve them: nor , in spite of failures which I
lament , of errors which I now see and acknowledge , or the present
aspect of affairs , do I dispair of the future.
"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."
General R.E.Lee , letter to Lt. Colonel Charles Marshall , shortly
before Lee's death , quoted in Charles Flood , 'Lee:the Last Years." 1981
"Private and public life are subject to the same rules;and truth and
manliness are two qualities that will carry you through this world much
better than policy, or tact , or expediency , or any other word that was
ever devised to conceal or mystify a deviation from the straight line."
General R.E.Lee , from his postwar writtings , quoted in Jones, "Life
and Letters of Robert Edward Lee" 1906
The forbearing use of power does not only form a touchstone, but the manner in which an individual enjoys certain advantages over others is a test of a true gentleman.
The power which the strong have over the weak, the employer over the employed, the educated over the unlettered, the experienced over the confiding, even the clever over the silly--the forbearing or inoffensive use of all this power or authority, or a total abstinence from it when the case admits it, will show the gentleman in a plain light
The gentleman does not needlessly and unnecessarily remind an offender of a wrong he may have committed against him. He cannot only forgive, he can forget; and he strives for that nobleness of self and mildness of character which impart sufficient strength to let the past be but the past. A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others....."Definition of a Gentleman" Robert E Lee
"Men's convictions as to Truth, or what they receive as the Truth, depend entirely upon their understanding of facts!" - Vice President Alexander H. Stephens
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