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The quote, that Treebeard is the Eldest being came from Gandalf not from Tolkien himself. And Gandalf could err or could simplify things in his words. Maybe he just didn't want to explain the Bombadil-Thing or he didn't think about him at this special moment.
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„I don't know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."
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