London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman · leaf 462
f a small schooner ; after-wards a shop keeper, selling cigars and groceries; then keeper of a smalltavern, or store, in Water Street, Philadelphia, where he bottled claret, andcontinued his manufacture of cigars ; Stephen Girard successively roseto the rank of the first merchant, and the most… … 448 Girard College fur Orphans, his motto, industry and frugality, at last triumphed. With Mr. Girard,business was a passion; and, like all who devote themselves with enthu-siasm to any pursuit, and who are gifted with genius for their profession,he finally succeeded in realising a fortune, without…
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