Halbarad, here's a section from
The King of the Golden Hall, and some other quotes...
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"It is the will of Theoden," said Hama.
"It is not clear to me that the will of Theoden son of Thengel, even though he be lord of the Mark, should prevail over the will of Aragorn son of Arathorn, Elendil's heir of Gondor."
"This is the house of Theoden, not of Aragorn, even were he King of Gondor in the seat of Denethor," said Hama, stepping swiftly before the doors and barring the way. His sword was now in his hand and the point towards the strangers.
"This is idle talk," said Gandalf. "Needless is Theoden's demand, but it is useless to refuse. A king will have his way in his own hall, be it folly or wisdom."
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'Do I not say truly, Gandalf,' said Aragorn at last, 'that you could go whithersoever you wished quicker than I? And this I also say: you are our captain and our banner. The Dark Lord has Nine. But we have One, mightier than they: the White Rider. He has passed through the fire and the abyss, and they shall fear him. We will go where he leads.'
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We can see through out these books (but I admit less in ROTK), that Gandalf instructs Aragorn, counsels him on the right desicions, and Aragorn learns humility and says "I am not the captain here, you are." The quote above is slightly different from the Aragorn we see earlier. When deciding on where to go, once Caradhras became a bad idea, Aragorn argued for a while about not going through Moria, then finally he agrees to go along. Here Aragorn doesn't question Gandalf at all, and says "We will go where he leads." Gandalf was very much like a mentor to Aragorn.
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Aragorn was 25 at the time, but had lived at Imladris for 18 years, and had been travelling and lving in the wilds for 5 years. I seriously doubt that Gandalf had much to teach him.
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No matter how old one is, or a man's education, you could always learn. This holds true in today's world, I am amazed at how much I've learned from my niece and nephew, or even just coaching baseball.