. Popular life of Gen. Robert Edward Lee. cesof the Episcopal Church, after which was loweredinto a tomb beneath the chapel all that was mortalof Robert E. Lee. We cannot better close this brief history than inthe words of one of his ;Northern admirers,* whoBays of him : * Hon. John E. 350 LIFE OF GENERAL LEE. [1870. He lived to illustrate to the world how, despitefailure and defeat, a soldier could command honorand love from those for whom he struggled, andadmiration and respect from his foes, sucli as nosuccess had ever before won for warrior, prince, orpotentate. And when his life w
. Popular life of Gen. Robert Edward Lee. cesof the Episcopal Church, after which was loweredinto a tomb beneath the chapel all that was mortalof Robert E. Lee. We cannot better close this brief history than inthe words of one of his ;Northern admirers,* whoBays of him : * Hon. John E. 350 LIFE OF GENERAL LEE. [1870. He lived to illustrate to the world how, despitefailure and defeat, a soldier could command honorand love from those for whom he struggled, andadmiration and respect from his foes, sucli as nosuccess had ever before won for warrior, prince, orpotentate. And when his life was ended, the wholepopulation of the South, forming one mighty fu-neral procession, followed him to his grave. Hisobsequies modestly performed by those most ten-derly allied to him, he sleeps in the bosom of theland he loved so well. His spotless fame willgather new vigor and freshness from the lapse oftime, and the day is not distant when that famewill be claimed, not as the property of a section,but as the heritage of a united people.^. APPENDIX. WE need offer no apology for giving, in an Appendix,a brief summary of the history of Washington Col-lege, now the Washington and Lee University. It is remarkable that the institution which enjoyed themunificence and inherited the name of the hero of thefirst American Kevolution, should have opened its armsto receive, in his retirement, the foremost man of thesecond; that the College which was fostered by Wash-ington should have become the refuge of Lee, and shouldkeep as its rich dowry the blended names and memoriesof these two peerless characters. The careeis, as well as the characters of these two greatmen, offer an interesting parallel. Both engaged reluc-tantly, but earnestly and from a strong sense of duty, ina rebellion against an established government. Both ofthem came into the contest at an age of matured judg-ment and ripe experience, enjoying at the outset the fullconfidence and affection of their countrymen. Both en-coun
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