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but when ever have the Elves looked after mankind?
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Men from the three great houses of Beleriand showed significant improvement as a result of their contact with the Noldor. The reason that there were men like Faramir in the third age was because way back in the first age his ancestors were buddies with the elves. The men of Numenor, Arnor, and Gondor all owed their stature to their forfathers' contact with the Noldor.
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Elrond or Galadriel would not touch the Ring
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Of course they didn't. It would've been the dumbest thing they'd ever done.
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They left it for some poor halfling to get rid of Sauron
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That "poor halfling" was meant to do the job. It was his fate.
And also, Elrond could've already been on his way to Valinor but he chose to stick around and give what aid and counsel he could. And Celeborn and Galadriel's elves bore arms against Sauron's forces and aided the Fellowship in any way that they could.
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I believe they were acting out of their own self preservation, as much as humankind were.
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Yeah, they did personally benefit from their actions, but is there anything wrong with that? In order to be considered unselfish do you have to do only things that won't benefit you in any way? Of course not.
It is possible to do things that help yourself and others at the same time (and not be selfish).