The word “Orphans” as used in the will of Mr. Girard has been defined by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania to mean boys who are fatherless.

The book is published in the hope that it may be the means of helping some boys and young men other than those to whom the Addresses were made.

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November, 1889.

CONTENTS.

[Stephen Girard and his College.] (Introductory)PAGE9
[How to win Success]“25
[Life—Its Opportunities and Temptations]“39
[On the Death of William Welsh]“51
[Bad Associates]“59
[On the Death of President Garfield]“69
[The Case of the Uneducated Employed]“79
[William Penn]“99
[Our Constitution]“113
[James Lawrence Claghorn]“129
[The Leaf Turned Over]“143
[Thanksgiving Day.] (November 29, 1888)“155
[On the Death of President Allen]“169
[A Young Man’s Message to Boys]“179
[A Truthful Character]“188

LIST OF PHOTOGRAVURE ILLUSTRATIONS.

[Stephen Girard] Frontispiece.
[B. B. Comegys] PAGE 25
[William Welsh] “ 51
[James A. Garfield] “ 69
[James Lawrence Claghorn] “ 129
[Professor W. H. Allen] “ 169