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Following the bloody years of the Civil War, the name and character of Gen. Robert E. Lee never faltered nor waivered. This great general stood taller in defeat than most generals ever stood in victory .
One day a group of men approached him about heading a business enterprise of questionable nature. They offered him $50,000. "You will have to do nothing. All we want is the use of your name, ’' they told him.
Gen. Lee stood tall behind his desk. 'Sirs, my name is the heritage of my parents. It is all I have, and it is not for sale."
The gaps are all around us. People, men and women, go and stand!
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