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Show GEN. ROBERT E. LEE AND MARY PARK CUSTIS NOT a love letter is th!j. In the sense of burning and passionate phrases. But the letter of a man whose heart is filled with love at all times, who needs no sudden emotion to kindle a nw spurt of flame for the woman who fills his life, and the home circle she has created for him. This letter -sras written by General Lee, commander In chief of the Confederate Con-federate armies, to his wife, who was Mary Park Custis, great-granddaughter of Martha Washington. "... You do not know how much I have missed you and the dear children, chil-dren, my dear Mary. To be alone in a crowd is very solitary. In the woods I feel sympathy for the trees and the birds in whose company I take delight, but experience no pleasure In a strange crowd. "I hope you are all well and will continue so, and I must again urge you to be very prudent and careful of those children. If I could only get a squeeze at that little fellow turning up his sweet mouth to 'keese baba' ! You must not let him run wild In my absence ab-sence and you will have to exercise firm authority over all of them. This will not require severity or even strictness, strict-ness, but constant sttention and an unwavering course. Mildness and forbearance for-bearance will strenrthen their affec tion for you. while it will maintain your control over them." |