Who died October 15th,
1799,
Aged 64 years.
But, although no costly tomb contains the ashes of this
eminently-distinguished Man; although no sculptured cenotaph, in any
part of his country, blazons his genius or records his fame; and
notwithstanding the chisel of the statuary has never been employed in
obedience to the public voice, to produce a permanent resemblance of his
countenance and figure; yet a monument of more durable nature than any
of these, consecrates his virtues, his talents, and his usefulness. A
grateful remembrance of his modest worth is enshrined in the hearts of
the wise and the good of his own age and country; and the name of DAVID
RITTENHOUSE will be every where perpetuated with veneration and renown,
among the sons of science and the benefactors of mankind.