"Stump the Yankee"

[J. Beckert]

Well, Miss Paige, a total of 24,645 men were killed, wounded or went missing during the 4 day battle of Stones River (or the Second Battle of Murfreesboro). Going by percentages, it was one of the bloodiest battles of the war. To me Miss Paige, they were all historically significant.

Miss Paige, if anyone tells you different, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Miss Paige, whether they be men's or children's, are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge.

Yes, Miss Paige, there is a Santa Claus. And that's my answer.