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The speech of Steve Jobs' life

October 5, 2011: 10:00 PM ET

Image: Stanford University

As had become an annual tradition, we celebrated Steve Jobs' 56th birthday last February by re-posting the most personal public speech this intensely private man ever gave: His commencement address to the Stanford University class of 2005.

That birthday, sadly, turned out to be his last. But we can't think of a better way to honor his life than to bear witness to those brief remarks one more time.

If you haven't heard it — or haven't heard it recently — we give you Apple's (AAPL) co-founder on life, death and calligraphy.

"Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That's it. No big deal. Just three stories…"

Below the fold, 15 minutes, via YouTube. (Here's the link.)

The transcript is available here.

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Philip Elmer-DeWitt has been covering Apple since 1982, first for Time Magazine, and now on the Web for Fortune.com.

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