. The library of American history, literature and biography .. . customed to remindthemonentering thecollege of the lovingsolicitudewith whichtheir course wouldbe w-atched by theirmothers; and thisappeal to their high-est feelings seldomfailed to have greateffectupon theircon-duct and conse-quence of the filialfeelingf which thepeople of the Southentertained for Gen-eral Lee was that hewas flooded with let-ters upon every con-ceivablesubject,fromall parts of the coun-try. At a time whenhe had in charge fivehundred young men,with a corps oftwenty-five instruct-ors under him, hewas
. The library of American history, literature and biography .. . customed to remindthemonentering thecollege of the lovingsolicitudewith whichtheir course wouldbe w-atched by theirmothers; and thisappeal to their high-est feelings seldomfailed to have greateffectupon theircon-duct and conse-quence of the filialfeelingf which thepeople of the Southentertained for Gen-eral Lee was that hewas flooded with let-ters upon every con-ceivablesubject,fromall parts of the coun-try. At a time whenhe had in charge fivehundred young men,with a corps oftwenty-five instruct-ors under him, hewas receiving dailyalmost innumerablehitters from old sol-diers, their widowsor children,and from those who had not even this claim upon him ; many asking for money, andnearly all appealing for advice or assistance in some form. A friend once saidto him, You surely do not feel obliged to answer all of these letters? Indeed I do, he replied. Think of the trouble that many of these poof. LEE AND THE FERRYMAN. ROBERT E. LEE. 675 people have taken to write mc. Why should I not be willing to take thetrouble to reply ? That is all I can give, and that I give ungrudgingly. In 1867, in company with his daughter Mildred, he rode on horseback to^ the Peaks of Otter, ^ fifty miles from Lex-ington. At a ferryon the route theboatman chanced tobe an old the usualcharge was ten-dered, the roughmountaineers eyesfilled with tears, andhe shook his head,saying, I could nottake pay from you,Master Robert; Ihave followed youin many a battle. Bitterness or re-sentment seemed tohave no place inGeneral Lees na-ture. When the fateof war went againsthim, he accepted itsresult in good faith, and thenceforwarddid his best to re-store good feelingbetween the Northandthe South. Eventoward men who ex-hibited the most in-tense bitternessagainst him heseemed to have no other feeling than kindness and good-will. This wasthe case even with those who sought to have him tried and punis
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