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LEE CHAPEL I
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WASHINGTON HALL
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magic of the name he had felt would be a handicap to the school, had been greatly increased. The material progress at Washington College during General Lee ' s five years serves to explain in some way what the institution had and has; it cannot explain what the institution was and is. The true essence of Washington and Lee is not found in its physical plant or in its endowment or even in its many textbooks and lecture notes. It is not found in anything that can be held in the hand or photographed. And yet, this essence, just as much as any tangible thing, is a legacy from Robert E. Lee. The Old South of the romantic novel is a myth, and only lived, if at all, in wistful thought. But, like any myth, it had its elements of truth. There were not happy slaves singing in the firelight in front of every cabin, and there were not splendid Georgian mansions on every plantation, nor gracious ladies in every front parlor, nor dashing gentlemen on ev ery flagstone terrace. But just as there were some happy slaves and some splendid mansions, there were some Southern Gentlemen. Robert E. Lee was one. He knew the meaning of honor and loyalty, and what it was to be a gentleman who was both gentle and a man; and he taught what he kneV , by his example. His life, more than his work, has been J mherited, and is the real essence of Washington and Lee. Besides a curriculum and a group of buildings, he left an S example and an attitude. The example has become a tradition, the attitude an atmosphere, and both are at the very heart of Washington and Lee. Nothing long prevails that does not have a deep, intrinsic worth. A standard that long survives its initiator must have some value within and of itself. Customs certainly change, and today ' s fad is tomorrow ' s faux pas, but customs are always and ever the reflections of deeper values, and are never permitted to stray too far. If they do, then the values that underlie them are altered in the process. Man expresses his values and deep convictions by exempli- fying in his life the principles in which he belie ' es. When he stops acting on his beliefs, even if it is just a LEE ACCEPTING LEADERSHIP OF CONFEDERATE FORCES 1861 lELD SURRENDERING TO GRANT, 1865
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