me, he now
wills to remove, and that he gives to both North and South this
terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we
discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the
believers in a living God always ascribe to him? Fondly do we
hope--fervently do we pray--that this mighty scourge of war may speedily
pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled
by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be
sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by
another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so
still it must be said, "The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous
altogether."

With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the
right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the
work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who
shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and his orphan--to do all
which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves
and with all nations.

ROBERT E. LEE

The following extracts are taken from the great lecture[4] of E.
Benjamin Andrews on "Robert E. Lee." Dr. Andrews was president of
Brown University 1889-1898, superintendent of the Public Schools of
Chicago 1898-1900, chancellor of the University of Nebraska
1900-1908, and since 1909 has been chancellor emeritus of that
institution. He served as a private, and later as second lieutenant
in the Union army during the Civil War. He was wounded at
Petersburg, losing an eye. Probably no better characterization or
higher tribute has ever been made of Robert E. Lee than that by Dr.
Andrews in this lecture which was as enthusiastically received by
the Union veterans of the North as by the Confederate veterans of
the South; for, as Dr. Andrews says in his tribute to Lee, "None
are prouder of his record than those who fought against him, who
while recognizing the purity of his motive, thought him in error in
going from under the stars and stripes."

Robert Edward Lee had perhaps a more illustrious traceable lineage than
any American not of his family. His ancestor, Lionel Lee, crossed the
English Channel with William the Conqueror. Another scion of the clan
fought beside Richard the Lion-hearted at Acre in the Third Crusade. To
Richard Lee, the g