Life of Robert Edward Lee . opean capitals,others in remote climes in the distant orient. When Leewas asked what were his intentions in regard to abandon-ing the South and seeking a home in some distant coun-try, he replied, I think the South requires the aid of hersons now more than at any period of her history. Asyou ask my purpose, I will state that I have no thought ofabandoning her unless compelled to do so. Thesewords, which should be wrought in characters of gold,were the note of reviving hope to thousands during theera of conclusion and anarchy that followed the war;their influence in
Life of Robert Edward Lee . opean capitals,others in remote climes in the distant orient. When Leewas asked what were his intentions in regard to abandon-ing the South and seeking a home in some distant coun-try, he replied, I think the South requires the aid of hersons now more than at any period of her history. Asyou ask my purpose, I will state that I have no thought ofabandoning her unless compelled to do so. Thesewords, which should be wrought in characters of gold,were the note of reviving hope to thousands during theera of conclusion and anarchy that followed the war;their influence in preparing the way for the rescue of ourland from the grasp of the spoiler can never be Lee, to adopt the language of his own father in re-gard to Washington, was first in war, and preemi-nently first in peace. That he grows in the affection ofhis countrymen of the South with the flight of the yearsis borne out by daily contact and observation in the heartof our social circles, and in the expansion of our intel-. Mary Custis Lee. Daughter of Captain R. E. Leeand Granddaughter of General Lee FACING PAGE 2G6 PUBLIC LIBRARY ASrOR-. LENOX AND TIL- ons K L IP LEE HAD SUCCEEDED 2G7 lectual and material life. The name of Lee is a wand toconjure with in every phase and sphere of our complexmodern development. The kings of the commercialrealm hail him as the power that asserted the supremacyof law, order, and tranquillity during the days of impend-ing anarchy and disintegration. An allusion to his name,the suggestion of his memory, elicits an outburst of ap-plause in every Southern school from Maryland to thefar-off States that border the Gulf of Mexico. Eulogyand panegyric have exhausted the resources of speech intributes to his genius and in delineating the graces of hischaracter. Even his enemies concede to him a measureof regard such as has never been bestowed upon any sonof the South, approaching very closely, in some notableillustrations, the boundary of reverence and
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