Leonidas Polk Family Papers

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degree of practical wisdom, cautious investigation, exquisite tact, and indefatigable energy, which far surpass all that I could conceive in the bounds of human efficiency."

So, on October 23, 1856, in Philadelphia, the bishops of the southern dioceses met and enthusiastically endorsed the united endeavor; the first meeting to organize a Board of Trustees was held on Lookout Mountain, Chattanooga, July 4, 1857; the lofty and magnificent domain at Sewanee, Tennessee, was secured; and the initial endowment of over $500,000 was raised in a few short months. On October 10, 1860, came the occasion of the final inauguration of the University of the South, and at the height of the ceremony it was properly given to the Bishop of Louisiana to perform the rite of laying the corner-stone in place. He said, "A corner-stone is that which unites the walls of a building, and may symbolize strength and stability, -- the union of the intellectual and spiritual nature of man -- the emblem of Christ -- the sure and tried corner-stone -- the wisdom of God, and the power

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Leonidas Polk, Bishop and General (2 Vols.), by William M. Polk, Longmans, Green, and Co., New York, 1915.

Historical Magazine of the Protestant Episcopal Church, The Bishop Polk Centennial Number, December, 1938, including the following article's: Bishop Thomas C. Brownell's Journal of His Missionary Tours, 1829 and 1834, with notes by William A. Beardsley. Leonidas Polk: Early Life and Presbyterate, by William Wilson Manross. Missionary Episcopate in the Southwest, by Walter Herbert Stowe. Diocesan Episcopate in Louisiana, by William Samuel Slack. Beginnings of the University of the South, by Moultrie Guerry. The Confederate General, by James Postell Jervey. Funeral Sermon, June 29, 1864, by Stephen Elliott, Bishop of Georgia.

History of the University of the South, by George R. Fairbanks, The H. and W. B. Drew Co., Jacksonville, 1905.

Man who Made Sewanee, by Moultrie Guerry, The University Press, Sewanee, 1932.

Reconstruction at Sewanee, by Arthur Benjamin Chitty, Jr., The University Press, Sewanee, 1954.

So Great a Good, A History of the Episcopal Church in Louisiana and of Christ Church Cathedral, by Hodding Carter and Betty W. Carter, University Press, Sewanee, 1955.

An Address delivered in St. Augustine's Chapel, Sewanee, Tennessee, at the meeting of the Board of Trustees of the University of the South, on Thursday, July 31st, 1890, by Charles Todd Quintard, LL.D., Cantab., Bishop of Tennessee.

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