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Warrior and gentleman's gentleman: despite being a battle-hardened general, Robert E. Lee never lost his most admirable trait: his devotion to God, friends, duty, and honor.(HISTORY--AMERICAN SPIRIT)(Robert E. Lee )(Excerpt)
Because this year marks Robert E. Lee ' s 200th birthday, we republish, with permission, an abridged version of the chapter on Lee from R. Cort Kirkwood's book Real Men: Ten Courageous Americans to Know and Admire (Cumberland House, 2006). To order the book, please see the ad on the inside back cover.--Editor
Above most American "giants," Robert E. Lee soars. Measuring a man against Lee is almost unfair, yet Lee is the standard against which any man could measure himself.
Lee was a Christian gentleman, a Cavalier of the old order, the embodiment of chivalry. He was physically and morally courageous, humble, loyal, steadfast in his Christian faith. He ...
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