Elrond Peradan

[narfforc]

In the chapter, The Houses of Healing, Aragorn says, "Would that Elrond were here, for he is the eldest of all OUR RACE, and has the greater power". Does Aragorn still see Elrond as the Great Grandson of Beren and Grandson of Tuor?. Elrond chose to be of Elven-kind, and he is not the Eldest in Middle-Earth in that regard. So that takes care of the possible slip of the tongue, if Aragorn meant all OUR RACES. Could Aragorn have meant, that Elrond was the Eldest being in Middle-Earth with the power of healing?. The Peredhil were not a race, in the end by choice they were either Elf or Man, so what race is Aragorn talking about, Elrond is an Elf and Aragorn is a Man.