SO EVERY BONDMAN IN HIS OWN HAND BEARS THE POWER TO CANCEL HIS CAPTIVITY.
‘TIS A COMMON PROOF,
THAT LOWLINESS IS YOUNG AMBITION’S LADDER,
WHERETO THE CLIMBER-UPWARD TURNS HIS FACE;
BUT WHEN HE ONCE ATTAINS THE UPMOST ROUND,
HE THEN UNTO THE LADDER TURNS HIS BACK,
LOOKS IN THE CLOUDS, SCORNING THE BASE DEGREES
BY WHICH HE DID ASCEND.
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