Hmm, I'll quote once more the beginning part of the passage you cited:
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who by some fate or grace or favour of the Valar, had entered in upon the Straight Way
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To see the Undying Lands is a gift, not a curse. To visit the beautiful lands of Faërie in a mortal body would be, let's say, a thing worth dying. Who of us, here on this forum, has not seen just a glimpse of the lands of Faërie? I think we all did, reading Professor Tolkien's books, at least at one point. But is it our fate to dwell there forever? No, we are (and some would say unfortunately) bound to this world of Men, and the fate of the Elves is not ours, literally spoken. We've been just given the chance that we "might look upon other times than those of our bodies' life" and nothing more. And so it is with the Men in Middle-Earth...