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Title: Quaint corners in Philadelphia, with one hundred and seventy-four illustrations
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Stockton, Louise, 1838-1914 Pennell, Elizabeth Robins, 1855-1936 Barber, Edwin Atlee, 1851-1916 Jackson, Joseph, 1867-1946 Turner, Eliza Sproat, Mrs., 1826-1903 Leach, Frank Willing, 1855-1943 Campbell, Helen, 1839-1918
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Publisher: Philadelphia, New York, J. Wanamaker
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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lphia,which is pictured in all biographical sketches of Girard,really represents the alert, keen Frenchman, who. morethan any other man. built up the citys commerce, whowas the bravest in pestilence, the quickest to save thecouiiliy from financial ruin, who made a fortune forhimself and gave aid to the helpless? Curious and eccentric he certainly was, but grapesgrow on grape-vines, even though the vine be gnarled,and out of (iirards life came his virtues. He was keenat a l)argain, just—not merciful ; but he was not craftynor miserlv ; he was not intolerant to the helpless, nor STEPHEN GIRARD. 477 sneer at religion. He had a heart as well as aeven if it were the weaker of the two. Stephen Girard w^as aman under a possession.He had a great talent,and it dominated him.In his pursuit of businesshe was as keen as a lover,and as blind to outsideand diverting influences.It was not money-makingthat was his passion, thatcame as a logical result;but he was absorbed in,and devoted to business.
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A COKNEK OF THE COLLEGE. 478 A SYLVA)^ CITY. He sometimes hardly seemed to realize the value ofmoney toother i)eoi)le, and that a man should be ruinedbecause he could not command a certain sum on a cer-tain day was almost a crime to him. Xo one had aright to get into such a position, and he should ask nopity. Girard had no patience with failures. If a manhad feet, let him stand on them. Xo one found Girardwilling to act as a crutch, although he could go into thehouses whose very air was death, and in his arms carryout men who were dying with a pestilence. Hebelieved in fraternity, but his employes were—his em-ployes. In his counting-room, his bank, his house,there was but one will, and that was his own. He paidfor the work done for him. Did the worker need moremoney V had he necessities l)eyond his income ? Whatwas that to his employer! He kept to his hniits in allhis relations in life, and never lost a clear sense of rela-tive positions. After his brother Jean died, he tookcharge o

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