To the State of Maryland, for negotiating the loan of $8,000,000................................. $60,000 To the Peabody Institute, Baltimore, Md., including accrued interest................................... 1,500,000 To the Southern Education Fund........................ 3,000,000 To Yale College....................................... 150,000 To Harvard College.................................... 150,000 To Peabody Academy, Massachusetts..................... 140,000 To Phillips Academy, Massachusetts.................... 25,000 To Peabody Institute, etc., at Peabody, Mass.......... 250,000 To Kenyon College, Ohio............................... 25,000 To Memorial Church, in Georgetown, Mass............... 100,000 To Homes for the Poor in London....................... 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.] II. CAPITALISTS. CHAPTER IX. CORNELIUS VANDERBILT. Staten Island lies in the beautiful bay of New York, seven miles distant from the great city. Its lofty heights shut in the snug anchorage of the inner bay, and protect it from the rude storms which howl along the coast. It lies full in sight of the city, and is one of the most beautiful and attractive of its suburbs. The commanding heights and embowered shores are covered with villas and cottages, and afford a pleasant and convenient summer resort for the people of New York. It now contains a large and flourishing population, and maintains a speedy and constant communication with the metropolis by means of steam ferry-boats, the total travel on which sometimes reaches as many as ten or twelve thousand passengers per day. Seventy-six years ago, Staten Island was a mere country settlement, and its communications with the city were maintained by means of a few sail-boats, which made one trip each way per day.