I think Tolkein's books our so fantastic and outstanding in the world of literature because his world is crafted with such precision and with so many different dimensions that it feels like you are learning about history. The words seem to come to life and often you want to believe that it was all once real, that Numenor once stood tall and proud in the sea, that the Valar and the Calaquendi really do sit in honor and glory in the undying bliss of Valinor. His books seem to illustrate a past now forever lost, a world of honor and valor where evil and good are clearly defined. It is the many dimensions of his work--the adventure, the friendships, the love, the evil, the valor, the sorrow--that draw me to Tolkien's work and make his world real.
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...where the instrument of intelligence is added to brute power and evil will, mankind is powerless in its own defence.
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