I agree with Gorwingel. I think that in discussing his works and trying to change our lives and the way we treat others, we are fulfilling the last desire of our dear Professor Tolkien. He wrote these books to inspire future generations. He wanted to pass on the torch of love, caring, and friendship for our fellow human beings to us, and it is up to us to take up that torch. Without Tolkien's books, many of us would have led ordinary lives, with ordinary interests. Yet those books changed all that. They have changed each and every one of our lives. I can't speak for everyone here, but in my case, they have filled a part of me that has never been filled before. I feel whole in this world, a sense of completeness that I've never felt anywhere else. I have also found friends that I would not have met anywhere else. Even though most of us have not met face to face, I daresay that if anything, just anything untoward were to happen to any one of us, we would all be up in arms, and standing behind that person. It's strange, even many friends who meet every day do not have that feeling of camaraderie, and yet we do. Is that not something worth living for? None of us have met the Professor himself, yet he is a father to us all. We aren't as fortunate as Chris Tolkien and his siblings, to be the children of his body, but we are truly the children of his heart. If there is one man who ever lived, who truly deserved all the recognition, admiration, and love in this world, it is Tolkien, for making such a difference in our lives.
Edit: Oh my God, [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img] that was just, so, wow!
[ July 13, 2003: Message edited by: Finwe ]
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But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.
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