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Excerpt from Biography of Stephen Girard, With His Will Affixed: Comprising an Account of His Private Life, Habits, Genius, and Manners; Together With a Detailed History of His Banking and Financial Operations for the Last Twenty Years, Accompanied With Philosophical and Moral Reflections, Upon the Man, the Merchant
I am aware that In the following pages I shall neither gratify his friends, who thought him infallible, nor satis fy his enemies, who believe him to\have been every thing that Is frail. The truth will be found to lie between the two extremes. As to his genius, there can be but one opinion; and when the present age shalf have passed away, posterity will do justice to his fame, by decree; mg unqualified honour to his merits. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
