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" Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or keep one; the man who requires you to do so is dearly purchased at a sacrifice. "
Robert E. Lee
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" Get correct views of life, and learn to see the world in its true light. It will enable you to live pleasantly, to do good, and, when summoned away, to leave without regret. "
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" The doctrines & miracles of our Saviour have required nearly two thousand years to convert but a small part of the human race, & even among Christian nations, what gross errors still exist! "
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" I like whiskey. I always did, and that is why I never drink it. "
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" I have been up to see the Congress and they do not seem to be able to do anything except to eat peanuts and chew tobacco, while my army is starving. "
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" While we see the course of the final abolition of human slavery is onward, & we give it the aid of our prayers & all justifiable means in our power, we must leave the progress as well as the result in his hands who sees the end; who chooses to work by slow influences; & with whom two thousand years are but as a single day. "
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" Say just what you mean to do on every occasion, and take it for granted you mean to do right. "
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