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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">This weekend many toasts will be made to the grace of Her Majesty, and to the skill and honor of her new Champion. I would have joined in them if mundane constraints did not keep me at home this weekend. I also would have desired to make the following toast in honor of the other event we remember this weekend, but since I cannot, I share it with you all here…</FONT></P>
<P><B><FONT FACE="Arial">TO THOSE WHO RUN IN TO BURNING BUILDINGS;</FONT></B>
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<P><B><FONT FACE="Arial">TO THOSE WHO PATROL THE NIGHT, WHOSE CREDO IS "TO PROTECT AND SERVE;"</FONT></B>
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<P><B><FONT FACE="Arial">TO THOSE WHO SEARCH FOR THE LOST, GIVE AID TO THE WOUNDED, AND COMFORT TO THE DYING;</FONT></B>
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<P><B><FONT FACE="Arial">TO THOSE WHO STOOD FORWARD AND FOUGHT, AND FELL IN A PENNSYLVANIA FARM FIELD, WHO WORE NO UNIFORM,</FONT></B>
<BR><B><FONT FACE="Arial">BUT WHOSE COURAGE WAS NO LESS THAN THOSE WHO DO;</FONT></B>
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<P><B><FONT FACE="Arial">AND TO THOSE IN UNIFORM WHO CARRY THE FIGHT BACK TO THE HEART OF THE ENEMY;</FONT></B>
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<P><B><FONT FACE="Arial">TO THE HEROES.</FONT></B>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">And to all of you who will make it to Queen's Champion - travel safely and fight well.</FONT><B></B><B></B>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Don Alaric</FONT><B></B><B></B>
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