"But it is also a privilege. Because it is moments like these that force us to try harder, to dig deeper, to discover gifts we never knew we had -- to find the greatness that lie within each of us."

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We at least come within, you might say, sniffing distance of their greatness.

我们至少还在，能嗅到其崇伟的范围内。

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