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Louisville (Kentucky, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.19
ual temper and an ample soul, Rock bound and fortified against assaults Of transitory passion; but below Built on a surging, subterranean fire That stirred and lifted him to high attempts, So prompt and capable, and yet so calm, He nothing lacked in sovereignty but the right, Nothing in soldiership except good fortune. Wherefore with honor lay him in his grave, And thereby shall increase of honor come Unto their arms who vanquished one so wise, So valiant, so renowned. Henry Watterson. Louisville, Ky. Reverend Frank Stringfellow, Lee's scout. General Robert E. Lee, the greatest production of America's civil and religious institutions. Although his military genius placed him at the head of the armies of the South, it only served to gain him friends at the North, for Lee, the soldier, was lost in Lee, the Christian. He was so truly great that he had no weaknesses to hide. He did not wrap himself in the mysteries of his great office, for the humblest private could approach
Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.19
tributes will grow brighter and brighter in the lustrous annals of American heroism. In all the bitter asperities of fractional conflict the character of General Lee as a humane and Christian warrior was ever unblemished and his integrity unquestioned. However the North and the South may differ as to the war, the heroism of both the blue and the gray will become the pride of all sections, and then the name of Lee must be linked with the foremost in American reverence. A. K. Mcclure. Philadelphia, Pa. Rev. Dr. B. M. Palmer. It may be regarded one of the compensations of all our suffering and loss in the late civil war to have given to the world, to be embalmed in its history, such a type of the ideal man as was Gen. R. E. Lee. Hence-forth, he belongs not to us alone, joyfully as we treasure his memory, but to the country and mankind, the great example of true manliness and of all human virture, equally great in disaster and defeat as in the triumph of successful achieve
Franklin (Ohio, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.19
housands of citizens who admired his private character. David D. Porter, Admiral. Washington, D. C. Gov. Campbell, of Ohio. As a Northern man, and a member of that wing of the Democratic party which readily conceded anything to prevent war, yet cheerfully risked everything to preserve the Union after war had come, I pay my modest tribute to Robert E. Lee, the Christian gentleman, the fearless soldier, the upright citizen, the model husband, son, and father. James E. Campbell. Columbus, O. Senator Reagan, of Texas. General Robert E. Lee combined in his own person and character the best qualities of a good citizen and great military commander. To a handsome and noble personal appearance, combined with finished grace and dignity of manner, was added great ability and courage, thorough military training and calm judgment, which no good or bad fortune could disturb. I regarded and do now regard him as the best ideal type of an American citizen, gentleman, and sol
William L. Wilson (search for this): chapter 1.19
ce. They ought to be printed and read by our countryman upon every recurrence of his birthday. As a distinguished American has said: They are worthy to be inscribed upon the pedestal of his statue. A. M. Randolph. Richmond, Va. Congressman William L. Wilson, of West Virginia. The world has already enrolled General Lee in the small number of its greatest captains. It is fast learning that the man was greater than the soldier—for, His grandeur he derived from Heaven alone, For he was great ere fortune made him so; And wars, like mists that rise against the sun, Made him but greater seem, not greater grow. William L. Wilson. Washington, D. C. Rev. Dr. Moses D. Hoge. The public career of Robert E. Lee forms one of the most impressive and inspiring chapters in human history. In many respects he occupies a place all his own in the military annals of the world. But men are not fully known by their official lives or by those conspicuous acts which fill the world
Charles Dudley Warner (search for this): chapter 1.19
e my dead Ossory for any living son in England, was the proud cry of a bereaved English mother. We would not give our dead Lee for any living soldier, is the proud response of every true Virginian. Thomas F. Bayard. Wilmington, Del. Charles Dudley Warner. To my mind the greatness of Robert E. Lee lay in the admirable balance of his powers and the integrity of his character. In the long run the world recognizes this harmony of qualities in large endowment as superior to excessive bncy in one direction. Besides, he had the genius to be loved. As a soldier he commanded everywhere respect and admiration, and history must say that he excited less personal enmity than almost any other conspicuous actor in a civil war. Charles Dudley Warner. Hartford, Conn. Senator John W. Daniel. A splendid intellect and a great heart in a noble form—instinctive rectitude, modest unselfishness, artless courage—this was General Lee, the friend of humanity. Such a character no pe
Cardinal Gibbons (search for this): chapter 1.19
rage, thorough military training and calm judgment, which no good or bad fortune could disturb. I regarded and do now regard him as the best ideal type of an American citizen, gentleman, and soldier. John H. Reagan. Washington, D. C. Cardinal Gibbons. General Lee was a hero of whom the whole nation is proud. James Card. Gibbons. Wilmington, N. C. Charles A. Dana, Editor New York sun. Robert E. Lee was a man of ideal personal character. He was always a gentleman, alwaGibbons. Wilmington, N. C. 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 qu
J. M. Schofield (search for this): chapter 1.19
priate to the occasion. You will very much oblige us by sending by return mail a contribution that you may deem suitable. Such was the request sent out to a number of prominent men in various walks of life. Here are the answers: General J. M. Schofield, commander of the United States Army. I will say that it was the well-known character of the Southern soldiers, of which that of General Robert E. Lee was the highest type, which made it possible for the Union army to regard the Co be ether punished or pardoned, but as honorable antagonists, worthy to become trusted friends when they had laid down their arms. Thus this high character became of inestimable value to the Southern people, and hence to the whole country. J. M. Schofield. Washington, D. C. Admiral Porter, of the Navy. No man should hesitate to bear testimony to the reputation of General Robert E. Lee as one of the greatest soldiers of the civil war. But for his generalship the Southern Confede
A. K. M'Clure (search for this): chapter 1.19
e law, In calmness made and saw what he forsaw; Or if an unexpected call succeed, Come when it would, was equal to the need. He who though thus endued as with a sense And faculty for storm and turbulence, Is yet a soul, whose master bias leans To home-felt pleasures and to gentle scenes: Sweet images which, wheresoe'er he be, Are ever at his heart, and such fidelity It is his darling passion to approve; More brave for this, that he hath much to love. W. H. Milburn. Washington, D. C. A. K. M'Clure, Philadelphia times. General Robert E. Lee will go into impartial history as the greatest of all the Southern chieftains, and as second to none, North or South, in all the grander qualities of heroism. When the yet lingering passions of civil war shall have perished he will be remembered, not so much as a Southern as an American chieftain. With his exceptional skill as a great commander, conceded by all, his personal attributes will grow brighter and brighter in the lustrous ann
A. M. Randolph (search for this): chapter 1.19
sses to hide. He did not wrap himself in the mysteries of his great office, for the humblest private could approach him with confidence. He loved us all. What a man was he; so great, so kind, so wise! Frank Stringfellow. Virginia. Bishop A. M. Randolph. General Wolseley, commander-in-chief of the armies of Great Britain, himself a nobleman and perhaps the leading military critic of our age, closes a remarkable article upon General Lee with these words: When Americans can review tstian philosophy of the progress of the race. They ought to be printed and read by our countryman upon every recurrence of his birthday. As a distinguished American has said: They are worthy to be inscribed upon the pedestal of his statue. A. M. Randolph. Richmond, Va. Congressman William L. Wilson, of West Virginia. The world has already enrolled General Lee in the small number of its greatest captains. It is fast learning that the man was greater than the soldier—for, His gra
Hogarth (search for this): chapter 1.19
bert E. Lee. To those who knew thee not no words can paint! And those who knew thee know all words are faint! Moore, Sensibility. O, he sits high in all the people's hearts. Shakspeare, Julius Coesar. such souls leave behind a voice that in the distance far away Wakens the slumbering ages. Taylor, Phil von Arl. O, mortal man! be wary how ye judge! Dante, Vision of Paradise, among the sons of men how few are known who dare be just to merit not their own, Churchill, Ep. To Hogarth. cruel and cold is the judgment of man, cruel as winter and cold as the snow; but by-and-by will the deed and the plan be judged by the motive that lieth below. Bates, by-and-by. David M. stone. Bishop Dudley, of Kentucky. I am heartily glad that The State will make special commemoration of the birthday of General Robert E. Lee. It is well and right that Virginians should seek to perpetuate the memory of the peerless man who has illustrated that name, that those who co
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