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"We recognize our own mortality, and are reminded that in the fleeting time we have on this earth, what matters is not wealth, or status, or power, or fame but rather, how well we have loved, and what small part we have played in bettering the lives of others." - Barack Obama

That was part of his speech at the Memorial Service in Tuscon, AZ tonight. Those words, to me, embody the very definition of beautiful eloquence.