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...even though thou pass seven years in seeking it; but when thou hast found it, put it into a vase of cold water, and in very truth I shall live.
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That's beautiful, Squatter! It's from the essay 'On Fairy-Stories', quoting
The Tale of the Two Brothers; speaker is the younger brother to the elder.
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'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth..
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