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"In leaving you temporarily, I ask you to endure our hardships and sufferings, both physical and spiritual, calmly, courageously and with confidence. You will face your destiny with a strong heart and a proud spirit.
"Those who are really of our stock are afraid of nothing and no one in the world. They have only one fear: not to do their duty and to lose their honor. Be united. Our union will make us strong and insure us a better future.
"God will protect Belgium and her King."
Julius Caesar said that of all the Gauls fortissimi sunt Belgae.