When merit's rewarded, ambition will rise, The senses expand, and idleness dies; The hand of a freeman will then do its duty. Fight and write in defence of booty and beauty.

Mss. note accompanying this states that the following sentiment feel from the summit of Washington Monument on the 25th of Nov. 1829.; Washington monument.
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML.
Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 193, Folder 26.