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# R.L. Dabney

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Robert Lewis Dabney was a Southern Presbyterian pastor and theologian, Confederate army chaplain, and architect from Virginia. He was also chief of staff and biographer to Stonewall Jackson; his biography of Jackson remains in print today.

##  Quotes by R.L. Dabney

> [“A truth is not necessary, because we negatively are not able to conceive the actual existence of the opposite thereof;but a truth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-l-dabney/a-truth-is-not-necessary-because-we-negatively-are-not-able-to/)

[R.L. Dabney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-l-dabney/)

[Contradiction](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/contradiction/)

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> [“The education of children for God is the most important business done on earth.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-l-dabney/the-education-of-children-for-god-is-the-most-important-business-done/)

[R.L. Dabney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-l-dabney/)

[Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/)

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