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Historian Allen C. Guelzo on Hard Choices and Robert E. Lee

The Daily Stoic

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The Zingzag, a Man Who Sees What Is Right and Does What Is Necessary

You think you've got him pegged, right? You watch this man take this step by step by step. And each step that he takes is one step away from his original allegiance as a united states army officer and a citizen of the united states. By the time you get him to the end of april 18 61, hes he's in bed with the confederates. Watching robert elee in this case, is like watching someone who is acting out a script that could have been written by plutarch or the stoics. We know what is good, but we don't do it and watch.

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