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Show THACKERAY'S CENTLER SIDE. Years of Perfect Happiness His Own anil His Wife's Love. The following letter was written in 1838 by Thackeray to his wife: "Here have we been two years married mar-ried and not a single unhappy day Oh, I do bless God for all this happiness happi-ness which he has given me! It is so great that I almost tremble for the future, fu-ture, except that I humbly hope-for what man is certain about his own weakness and wickedness? Our love is strong enough to withstand any pressure pres-sure from without, and, as it is a gift greater than any fortune, is likewise one superior to poverty, or sickness or any other worldly evil with which providence may visit us. Let us pray as I trust there is no harm, that none of these may come upon us, as the best and wisest in the world prayed that he might not be led into temptation I think happiness is as good as prayers and I feel in my heart a kind of overflowing thanksgiving which is quite too great to describe in writing. This kind of happiness is like a fine Picture; you only see a little bu of it when you are near the eanvag Qo Stifui t;r aiui th you b- 'I don't know that I shall Have done much by coming away, except by being be-ing so awfully ghui t gPt h.x y |