Tolkien at various points gives the conventional wisdom, that when it is all said and done, it would have been better for the Elves if they'd all stayed in Middle-Earth (as Ulmo urged), and better for the Edain, if they had not come among the High-Elves in Beleriand (as Sador observes).
But this is all 20/20 hindsight, and not the way that things were really meant to be. In other words, so what; its just wishful, pointless speculation. As the Silm. says, Feanor's father should not have remarried, but then no Fingolfin, Finrod and others.
So, what might have been best for the Quendi, the Atanni or for Feanor, is not necessarily what was best for Arda, the fulfillment of the Music and the appearance of Great Beauty, Valor and Sorrow, which must be.
[ November 24, 2002: Message edited by: Man-of-the-Wold ]
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