Life of Robert Edward Lee . angeand undiscriminating estimate, Lee as viewed even byhostile and implacable eyes is among the foremost ofthose august and abiding figures upon whom the touch ofthe ages has no power, save to broaden its moral and in-tellectual stature. Scarce more than a generation haspassed since he was laid to rest at Lexington; yet never,perhaps, has fame expanded more rapidly and with suchenhancing pace, into richer and finer light. Those of uswho were his contemporaries could not rise to the heightof his greatness in the sphere of strategy, in the conversethat drew to him th
Life of Robert Edward Lee . angeand undiscriminating estimate, Lee as viewed even byhostile and implacable eyes is among the foremost ofthose august and abiding figures upon whom the touch ofthe ages has no power, save to broaden its moral and in-tellectual stature. Scarce more than a generation haspassed since he was laid to rest at Lexington; yet never,perhaps, has fame expanded more rapidly and with suchenhancing pace, into richer and finer light. Those of uswho were his contemporaries could not rise to the heightof his greatness in the sphere of strategy, in the conversethat drew to him the men of rathe and riper years, andthat nameless but all prevailing charm which attractedthe child to his arms, and fixed the eyes of princes, po-tentates, lords of the intellectual world upon his remoteand sequestered home in the Valley of Virginia. The ap-preciation of such a character as that of Lee is one of thelong results of time. The ages that come after us willnote the ceaseless broadening of his fame; we are yet in. Robert E. Lee, Son of General W. H. F. Lee andGrandson of General Lee (At the Age of 20) facing i-AGh 248
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