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“Corner Stone” Speech

When perfect quiet is restored, I shall proceed. I cannot speak so long as there is any noise or confusion. I shall take my time I feel quite prepared to spend the night with you if necessary. I very...

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“Corner Stone” Speech

[This is an abridged version of the document.]   Savannah, Georgia, as reported in the Savannah Republican   At half past seven o’clock on Thursday evening, the largest audience ever assembled at the...

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“Cornerstone” Speech

Henry Cleveland, Alexander H. Stephens, in Public and Private: With Letters and Speeches, Before, During, and Since the War (Philadelphia, 1886), pp. 717-729. . . . I was remarking that we are passing...

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“Corner Stone” Speech (excerpt)

[This is an abridged version of the document.]   Savannah, Georgia, as reported in the Savannah Republican   At half past seven o’clock on Thursday evening, the largest audience ever assembled at the...

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