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Benjamin B Comegys was a member of the Philadelphia Board of Trusts, which oversees (among many) the trust for Girard College. Comegys was one of many who addressed the schoolboys during chapel services. here are a few of his speeches, selected by Comegys himself. Girard College continues in operation today; also, an elementary school in that city bears the name of our lecturer. - Summary by John R Moore
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Preface and Introductory
26:16 - Chapter 2
How to Win Success
17:20 - Chapter 3
Life — Its Opportunities and Temptations
15:30 - Chapter 4
On the Death of William Welsh
10:11 - Chapter 5
Bad Associates
16:23 - Chapter 6
On the Death of President Garfield
15:03 - Chapter 7
The Case of the Uneducated Employed
23:43 - Chapter 8
William Penn
22:39 - Chapter 9
Our Constitution
26:53 - Chapter 10
James Lawrence Claghorn
22:41 - Chapter 11
The Leaf Turned Over
20:02 - Chapter 12
Thanskgiving Day (1888)
20:42 - Chapter 13
On the Death of President Allen
14:48 - Chapter 14
A Young Man's Message to Boys
13:10 - Chapter 15
A Truthful Character
08:25