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Our country demands all our strength, all our energies. to resist the powerful combination now forming against us will require every man at his place. if victorious, we will have everything to hope for in the future. if defeated, nothing will be left for us to live for.
-Robert E. Lee
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Our Country Demands All Our Strength, All

Robert E. Lee
Our country demands all our strength, all our energies. to resist the powerful combination now forming against us will require every man at his place. if victorious, we will have everything to hope for in the future. if defeated, nothing will be left for us to live for.
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