I think we all agree that Boromir would not have been able to weild and use the Ring, but I believe the seduction of the Ring made him think otherwise. The Ring has a way with peoples' minds and can generate thoughts and images in an attempt to crumble even the strongest of wills:
"Wild fantasies arose in his mind; and he saw Samwise the Strong, Hero of the Age, striding with a flaming sword across the darkened land, and armies flocking to his call as he marched to the overthrow of Barad-dûr." (RotK, The Tower of Cirith Ungol)
Could Boromir have had a similar vision in the short glimse of the Ring? Boromir was a noble man, but his love and pride in his country was almost like his weakness. He grew up in a kingdom that saw him as their next leader; the heir to the Steward's throne over Gondor. Had Aragorn not presented himself, Boromir would have been next in line to rule the country. It would be in Boromir's nature to want to be a strong and powerful leader. With something as powerful as the Ring, it would seem that no one could match his strength, not even the heir of Isildur. Could the Ring have been able to pick up on his eagerness to lead Gondor to victory? I think under everything else, Boromir desired power. Faramir did not. Aragorn, Frodo, and Sam did not. They were for the most part able to see through the Ring's visions and realize that it was not their place to have such power:
"...but deep down in him lived still unconquered his plain hobbit-sense: he knew in the core of his heart that he was not large enough to bear such a burden, even if such visions were not a mere cheat to betray him. The one small garden of a free gardener was all his need and due, not a garden swollen to a realm; his own hands to use, not the hands of others to command." (RotK, The Tower of Cirith Ungol)
In the last moments of Boromir's role in the Fellowship, he also realizes he was not meant to wield such a power, and it is when he realized that that he truely conquered the Ring. It wasn't until he could face his own defeat and mortallity that he could be victorious in defeating the temptation and allowing others to succeed where he could not:
'Farewell, Aragorn! Go to Minas Tirith and save my people! I have failed.' (FotR, The Departure of Boromir)
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