Milestones inevitably prompt reflection and analysis, and doubtless we'll see a lot of it over the coming days.
Did we believe anything else when we were the lesser power, as we will doubtless be again?
He added: "We will doubtless develop the precise focus of this work to deal with emerging government practices and policies.
In the weeks to come, we will doubtless discover that the market's latest bungee ride has made some funds violently sick.
In a year that sees the centenary of the publication of Kafka's Metamorphosis, we will doubtless be hearing much nonsense about the "Kafkaesque".
As the season continues we will doubtless grow used to the taped music that is now the staple of Mr. Taylor's New York seasons, but it's still an adjustment.
It used to happen to Adrian Maguire all the time and we will doubtless be apprised in the next week of the hunting accident which will prevent Paul Carberry from taking part.
"And we will doubtless learn…whether the two sides have agreed to resolve other conflicts in a conciliatory manner, through negotiation, or whether they will simply maintain the status quo".
The £80bn chronic care bill of the NHS could be cut dramatically and we will doubtless continue to be proud of one of the world's most ambitious public health institutions.
