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The gift of Men is great through the eyes of others, because they do not have trouble with the world after they died. The Elves either die and go to the Halls of Mandos and wait their till they get another time to live, but that takes a very long time. Elves who won't die will go to Valinor in the end, and live their for ages before they can do any other thing.
The gift is a gift because Men are no longer troubled with Arda and can just move on to fate unknown, as the Elves have to stay on Arda till the World's Ending.
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'You?' cried Frodo.
'Yes, I, Gandalf the Grey,' said the wizard solemnly. 'There are many powers in the world, for good or for evil. Some are greater than I am. Against some I have not yet been measured. But my time is coming.'
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