elled him to the right
and restrained him from the wrong, and a moral sense which guided
and controlled his purposes and his actions along the path of
absolute rectitude, he lived a life adorned by noble virtues and
filled with noble deeds. Gentle but firm, decided, and fixed in his
convictions, but respectful and deferential to those of others, he
was a model of all the splendid qualities which make up the
character of a courteous and Christian gentleman.

In addition to all these natural gifts his convictions led him to
the profession and practice of a simple and genuine faith in the
religion of Christ.

After an honorable military and civil career, in the peace of God
and in charity with his fellow-men, this worthy son of an
illustrious family died the death of the righteous and in the hope
of immortality through Him in whom he believed and trusted.

The faculty therefore declare--

That they have heard of the death of Gen. LEE with deep sorrow, and
mourn it as a calamity to his family, his friends, his country, and
to this university.

That they tender to his family these expressions of their
affectionate esteem for him as a personal friend as well as for his
service as a public man, and their sincere sympathy with them in
their peculiar and irreparable bereavement.

A copy. Teste:

JNO. L. CAMPBELL,
_Clerk of the Faculty_.

An intimate association with Gen. LEE in the Fifty-first Congress and as
members of the board of trustees of Washington and Lee University at
Lexington, Va., and in private life, enabled me to form a just estimate
of his character and of those personal qualities of head and heart that
made him beloved by all who really knew him. While they have been well
expressed in the foregoing minute, I may add from my own observations a
brief summary of his noble character. His mind was eminently practical,
and arrived at its conclusions more from an unerring instinct of justice
and common sense than through the exacting processes of logic. His
judgment was rarely at fault, for his intellect was not swerved by
passion or prejudice, but was held in perfect equipoise to receive the
truth on both sides of every question. His deference to the opinions of
others and his caution in seeking the views of those on whose discretion
he relied suggested to some who did not know him that