Thursday, July 15, 2021
A Fine Number
Robert E. Lee, letter to his son George Washington Custis Lee, then a cadet at West Point (February 1, 1852), concerning upcoming examinations in June, quoted in Douglas Southall Freeman, R.E. Lee: A Biography, Vol. I (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1943), p. 312:
Removal of the statue of Robert E. Lee and his horse Traveller from Market Street Park (formerly Lee Park) in Charlottesville, Virginia, on July 10, 2021:
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You must be No. 1. It is a fine number. Easily found and remembered. Simple and unique. Jump to it fellow.This reminds me of Homer's αἰὲν ἀριστεύειν καὶ ὑπείροχον ἔμμεναι ἄλλων (Iliad 6.208 and 11.784), translated by Peter Green as "always to be the best, preeminent over others."
Removal of the statue of Robert E. Lee and his horse Traveller from Market Street Park (formerly Lee Park) in Charlottesville, Virginia, on July 10, 2021:
