...................... 3,000,000
To Libraries in Georgetown, Massachusetts,
and Thetford, Vermont.............................. 10,000
To Kane's Arctic Expedition........................... 10,000
To different Sanitary Fairs........................... 10,000
To unpaid moneys advanced to uphold the
credit of States................................... 40,000
Total................................................. $8,470,000
The life of such a man affords lessons full of hope and encouragement to
others. In 1856, when on a visit to Danvers, now named Peabody, in honor
of him, its most distinguished son and greatest benefactor, he said:
"Though Providence has granted me an unvaried and unusual success in the
pursuit of fortune in other lands, I am still in heart the humble boy
who left yonder unpretending dwelling. There is not a youth within the
sound of my voice whose early opportunities and advantages are not very
much greater than were my own, and I have since achieved nothing that is
impossible to the most humble boy among you."
[Illustration: CORNELIUS VANDERBILT.]
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