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Charles A. Dana, Editor New York sun.
Robert E. Lee was a man of ideal personal character.
He was always a gentleman, always sincere, always true, always considerate of others.
His moral elevation was especially manifest in the readiness and calmness with which he bore disaster.
Defeat never shook his equilibrium.
Misfortune was never followed by any relaxation of his principles.
His intellectual resources were prompt, broad, comprehensive, admirable.
In his dignity there was no affectation, in his self-respect no petty egotism, in his judgment no unjust depreciation of others.
He was great in the noblest qualities of human nature.
C. A. Dana. New York.
