the very best speech of an hour's length I ever heard." So

said Congressman Abraham Lincoln about Alexander Hamilton

Stephens.1 Stephens was born near Crawfordsville, Georgia

on February 11, 1812. His mother died shortly after his

birth and his father died when Stephens was only 14. Even

in childhood he was amazingly bright and his brilliant mind

was noticed by many mentors who paid for him to attend

college. Stephens graduated at the top of his class from

Franklin College and then went on to become a lawyer. Soon

after he was admitted to the bar, he entered politics and

began to construct an exceedingly prominent place in

Alexander Hamilton Stephens was only five feet seven

inches and never weighed more than one-hundred pounds- even

in adulthood. As a young man he was given the nickname

"Little Aleck". He was pale, odd-bodied, had lustrous eyes,

and was often described as cadaverous. From the time of his

birth he was sickly and puny and was continuously wrapping

himself in many layers of clothes and coats to keep warm.

Late in his life he defined happiness as "To be warm."2

Little Aleck was voted into the state legislator in

In 1990 Bush and the Congress disputed over the size

principles of government were of great value in the

chemical weapons, cut long-range missiles by up to 50

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he returned to private life by his own choice. He had been

charges which have been brought against them."3

Representatives and served there for sixteen years. In 1859

Bush won the 1988 Republican presidential nomination. He

Bush served in the military and was quite remarkable, but

nomination for the presidency in 1980 but lost to Ronald

erection of a great ' slave oligarchy' instead of the free

ally. He also with Mikhail Gorbachev, president of the

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