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KING EDWARD VII.
In one of his earlier addresses, when Prince, he said, that "being excluded by his position from taking active part in political life, he would devote his time to duties connected with works of charity and public utility." And this intention was amply carried out. He became in the widest sense the Father of his people, who "always," as Will Crooks avowed, makes the poor man feel as comfortable as possible"—mentally as well as physically. He laid special stress on this himself.
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You are well aware of the deep interest and solicitude we take with regard to all classes of the community in this great metropolis, but we claim that we take a special interest in what concerns the well-being and the welfare of the working classes and of the poor of London.
(1887)
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