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Of course, Elrond didn't put any onus on Sam to bear the Ring, only to help Frodo, so he was meeting his performance criteria as far as that was concerned
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Agreed - you're right in that no one ever said to anyone in the Company that if Frodo died they were to choose one to carry on so who knows? But it would seem to me that once Sam took the Ring from Frodo, his commitment to fulfilling the Quest was implicit.
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- I must find the Mountain of Fire and cast the thing into the gulf of Doom. Gandalf said so. I do not think I shall ever get there.
- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
- Where are we going?...And why am I in this handbasket?
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