Grant and Lee
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Grant and Lee
Grant and Lee
"They were two strong men these oddly different generals, and they represented the strengths of two conflicting currents that, through them, had come into final collision." The author sets the stage for the paper with this sentence. It brings into picture the life of Lee and Grant. Lee was an old fashioned man. He came from the old world carrying with him traditions. Traditions that embodied chivalry, old morals and values, truth, honesty, and a time when being a "man" stood for something different than what was surrounding him. Coming to the new world thinking that every man had equal rights, was something that many disagreed with.
Grant was one of those men; he believed that men were worth what they made for themselves. He felt that if you work for it, you own it. That nothing is deserved unless gained with the sweat of the brow...