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THE GOLDEN BOOK OF
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If sympathy at such a moment (they wrote) is of any avail, the remembrance that the grief has been shared by all classes will be a lasting consolation to their sorrowing hearts, and if possible, will make them more than ever attached to their dear country.
And it was this same feeling to which King Edward appealed in his memorable speech to his first Council.
I trust to the nation to support me in the arduous duties which now devolve upon me by inheritance, and to which I an determined to devote my whole strength during the remainder of my life.
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