...Heaven to catch its summit. He possessed every virtue of the other great commanders without their vices. He was a foe without hate, a friend without treachery, a soldier without cruelty, a victim without murmuring. He was a public officer without vices, a private citizen without wrong, a...

...scrupulous fidelity to truth. Meriwether Lewis dies, 1809 227 THOMAS JEFFERSON ©ctober Uwelftb LEE He was a foe without hate, a friend without treachery, a soldier without cruelty, and a victim without murmuring. He was a public officer without vices, a private citizen without wrong,...

...Lexington, Va., October 12, 1870. A celebrated American General in the Confederate service. ROBERT E. LEE HE was a foe without hate, a friend without treachery, a soldier without cruelty, and a victim without murmuring. He was a public officer without vices, a private citizen without wrong,...

...civilization. Georgia's gifted orator, Senator Benjamin H. Hill, has epitomized his virtues and greatness: "He was a foe without hate, a friend without treachery, a soldier without cruelty, and a victim without murmuring. He was a public officer without vice, a private citizen without wrong,...

...ever known. He was indeed a wise, a good, a great man." Benjamin Hill, speaking of General Lee, said, "He was a public officer without vices, a private...reproach, a Christian without hypocrisy, and a man without guilt." In brief both of these men were possessed of those qualities in which we naturally repose respect,...

...Frederick, without his tyranny; Napoleon, without his selfishness; and Washington, without his reward. He was a foe without hate, a friend without treachery,...without oppression, and a victim without murmuring." In opposition to secession Stephens led the "unionists." In the midst of the momentous issues that...

...trees. The South mourned the death of its great leader, one whom it, with Benjamin H. Hill, held to be " a foe without hate, a friend without treachery, a soldier without cruelty, and a victim without murmuring. He was a public officer without vices, a private citizen without wrong,...

...diapason all down the resounding corridors of time even up to the silent stately portals of eternity: "He was a foe without hate, a friend without treachery,...a victor without oppression, and a victim without murmuHng. He was a public officer without vices, a private citizen without wrong, a neighbor without...

...at Washington. Benjamin Hill, of Georgia, summed up Lee's character in splendid form when he said: "He was a foe without hate, a friend without treachery, a soldier without cruelty, and a victim without murmuring. He was a public officer without vices, a private citizen without wrong,...

...and statesman, Benjamin Hill, of Georgia, summed up Lee's character in splendid shape when he said : "He was a foe without hate, a friend without treachery, a soldier without cruelty, and a victim without murmuring. He was a public officer without vices, a private citizen without wrong,...