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Walpole Nov. 5 1855 Monday Eve My Dear Brother Charles I do thank you very much indeed for your good speey letter of Feb 22d I received it Wednesday noon and if I smiled more than usual that afternoon, my scholars did not know but it was be- cause they were good. And I think they were a little better than usual too. Or else I felt better. Yes Charles I am enjoying myself some better than at first - I don't know whether I have [illegible] them or whether I am more familiar with them, that my scholars seem less troublesome. Occasionally I have a happy day. I do think I have subdued them some however,

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