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“These ceremonies and the National Statuary Hall will teach the youth of the land in succeeding generations as they come and go that the chief end of human effort in a sublunary view should be usefulness to mankind, and that all true fame which should be perpetuated by public pictures, statues, and monuments, is to be acquired only by noble deeds and high achievements and the establishment of a character founded upon the principles of truth, uprightness, and inflexible integrity.”

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Alexander H. Stephens

Alexander H. Stephens was an American politician born on February 11, 1812, and died on March 4, 1883. He served as the Vice President of the Confederate States during the American Civil War and was a staunch advocate for the Southern cause. Stephens is known for his defense of slavery, which he elaborated on in his book 'A Defense of the Constitution of the United States'. more

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