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It is all very well for you, who have probably never seen any spiritual manifestations, to talk as you do but if you had seen what I have witnessed you would hold a different opinion.
William Makepeace Thackeray
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William Makepeace Thackeray
Age: 52 †
Born: 1811
Born: July 18
Died: 1863
Died: December 24
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When I walk with you I feel as if I had a flower in my buttonhole.
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Tis not the dying for a faith that's so hard... 'Tis the living up to it that's difficult.
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