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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/wight.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: The Hand of Fate
MU,
I was reminded of my favorite saying of Frodo's:
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Quote:<hr> Go not to the Elves for council, for they will say both no and yes."<hr></blockquote>
when I read your post.
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Quote:<hr> If we say that the destinies of Elves, Maiar, Valar, et al are governed by fate, how far do we take this notion? Is all that they do foreordained, even down to what they say?<hr></blockquote>
If elves are merely a mouthpiece of the Ainulindale, it must be a highly equivocal song. Said Gildor:
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Quote:<hr> Elves seldom give unguarded advice, for advice is a dangerous gift,
and all courses may run ill.<hr></blockquote>
The expression "may" in the phrase "all courses
may run ill" could speak to uninformed members of a closed system but I think that the high lineage of the speaker instead suggests that the system, whether open or closed, contains many possible permutations.
g.
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