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A LIFE OF GEN. ROBERT E. LEE.

BY JOHN ESTEN COOKE.


"Duty is the sublimest word in our language."
"Human virtue should be equal to human calamity."

LEE.

1876




CONTENTS.


PART I.

_LEE'S EARLY LIFE_.


I.--Introduction

II.--The Lees of Virginia