And to the soul

Ministers Clergymen? get their two or ten thousand a year, and members of Congress their eight dollars a day; and certainly it is right enough as the [illegible] ^by the ^^moral theory that floats on the surface;.—wWhich is exactly the same as the paper money theory; every body knows that it is not money and the puzzle is never clearly ^exactly satisfied; but the bills pass and we will take them as long as we other folks do.—

Moon blind ^{moon eyed} horse.—There are ^^some horses who see perfectly well except at a certain change or quartering of the moon.—At that period, no matter when it comes, they are blind.—Horses so affected are liable by any bad management hard work &c to become confirmedly blind