Yesterday we witnessed a small but remarkable display of that determination -- some of you may have seen it -- Haitians with little more than the clothes on their back marched peacefully through a ruined neighborhood, and despite all their loss and all their suffering they sang songs of faith and songs of hope.

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They sang along, and so did I, and as we all did Bette Midler flapped her arms like they were wings, managing to look not silly at all, but as graceful as a ballerina.

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