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This is a quote which I've been pondering this week. We have lost and are losing so much of the Liberty that was gained for these States in the signing and outworking of the Declaration of Independence that at times it is overwhelmingly discouraging. This quote is on that hangs near me. It is written in the fly leaf of my journal.
"The march of Providence is so slow, and our desires so impatient; the work of progress is 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."
-Robert E. Lee, shortly before his death
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07-04-2009, 04:52 PM
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Such a wise man.
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07-04-2009, 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Hamalas  Such a wise man. | And a great American!
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07-05-2009, 12:05 PM
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Originally Posted by LawrenceU This is a quote which I've been pondering this week. We have lost and are losing so much of the Liberty that was gained for these States in the signing and outworking of the Declaration of Independence that at times it is overwhelmingly discouraging. This quote is on that hangs near me. It is written in the fly leaf of my journal.
"The march of Providence is so slow, and our desires so impatient; the work of progress is 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."
-Robert E. Lee, shortly before his death | I'm not a big Lee fan (that's a different discussion!), but this quote is very wise and true.
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07-05-2009, 01:39 PM
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That is excellent and very timely for me right now. I should read it daily.
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07-05-2009, 02:24 PM
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Wonder if Robert E. Lee was a postmillennialist?
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07-05-2009, 04:19 PM
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Great quote from General Lee.
Deo Vindice!
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07-06-2009, 12:50 AM
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I honestly don't know if America has produced a man of Lee's caliber since. I already have a son named Jackson, but perhaps I should work Lee into a baby name......
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Love it!
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