. Gen. Robert Edward Lee; soldier, citizen, and Christian patriot. give it the aid of ourprayers and all justifiable means in our power, we must leave theprogress as well as the resultin His hands who sees theend and who chooses to workby slow things, and withwhom a thousand years areas but a single day; al-though the abolitionist mustknow this, and must seethat he has neither theright nor the power of oper-ating except by moralmeans and suasion; and ifhe means well to the slavehe must not create angryfeelings in the although he may notapprove of the rhode bywhich it pleases Provid
. Gen. Robert Edward Lee; soldier, citizen, and Christian patriot. give it the aid of ourprayers and all justifiable means in our power, we must leave theprogress as well as the resultin His hands who sees theend and who chooses to workby slow things, and withwhom a thousand years areas but a single day; al-though the abolitionist mustknow this, and must seethat he has neither theright nor the power of oper-ating except by moralmeans and suasion; and ifhe means well to the slavehe must not create angryfeelings in the although he may notapprove of the rhode bywhich it pleases Providence ^ to accomplish its purposes, the result will never be the^^^^^™ ^^^^^ ^^« ^^^^ ^- ^- ^same; that the reasons hegives for interference inwhat he has no concern holds good for every kind of interferencewith our neighbors when we disapprove their conduct. Is itnot strange that the descendants of those Pilgrim Fathers whocrossed the Atlantic to preserve the freedom of their opinion havealways proved themselves intolerant of the spiritual liberty ofothers ?. THER OF GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE, AND FATHER OF GENERALFITZHOGH LEE.) GENERAL ROBERT EDWARD LEE, After the Harpers Ferry episode, Colonel Lee went back to hispost in Texas, where he remained until called to Washington inFebruary, 1861, there to be confronted with the great crisis of hislife. The political volcano had burst, and the country seethed withcontending passions. The hot strife of discussion raging on thefloor of Congress was about to give place to the clash of arms on
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