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i was being facetious but thanks for your kindly patience anyways! I dont have the books readily available, but I will take your word on the reference to Beleriand being the most beautifull part of ME. Although my angle on that would still be that it was not just the geology, but its inhabitants and their creations / caretaking that made it so.
That does touch upon a theme that is hit on a lot by the Author, which is "paradise lost" , "lost road" etc. Sigh, those poor elves, always losing that battle to retain and protect what is, always ultimately loosing to what is to be....