Glenlair, 19th October 1849.
 

Here is the way to dissolve any given historical event in a mythical solution, and then precipitate the seminal ideas   in their primitive form. It is from Theodore Parker, an American, and treats of the declaration of American    Independence. "The story of the Declaration of Independence is liable to many objections if we examine it à la     mode Strauss. The Congress was held at a mythical town, whose very name is suspicious,—Philadelphia,     brotherly love. The date is suspicious: it was the fourth day of the fourth month (reckoning from April, as it is   probable that the Heraclidae and Scandinavians, possible that the Americans, and certain that the Ebrews, did).

Now 4 was a sacred number among Americans: the President was chosen for 4 years, 4 departments of affairs, 4   political powers, etc. The year also is suspicious. 1776 is but an ingeni[ous]? combination of the sacred number,    thus—

            444
              4
           ——
           1776