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Originally Posted by Mithalwen
Well others have beaten me to correcting the quotation but I would point out Galadriel's blessing of Gimli - that his hand should flow with gold but over him gold should have no dominion?
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That Galadriel had to say that 'gold should have no dominion' over Gimli emphasizes in a way that gold, or the love of it,
really has the tendency to corrupt. It was necessary to say it so that her blessing would not be marred; Gimli would just have gold in his hands (and perhaps be generous with it, as the word
flow implies) yet not succumb to a continual lust for more of it, as most people who come into possession of gold do.