Robert E. Lee the Philosopher – The Imaginative Conservative

By Richard M. Weaver

Robert E. Lee once uttered one of history’s most searching observations: “It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it.” What is the meaning of this statement, which is richer than a Delphic saying?

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