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Melkor smiting the children will not deprive Eru of them
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I believe your tongue is firmly placed in your cheek
. Eru had far greater plans with the Children than to allow this species to be crushed
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Originally Posted by Ainulindale, Silmarillion
And they saw with amazement the coming of the Children of Iluvatar, and the habitation that was prepared for them; and they perceived that they themselves in the labour of their music had been busy with the preparation of this dwelling, and yet knew not that it had any purpose beyond its own beauty.
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[] of their operation everything should be, in form and deed, completed, and the world fulfilled unto the last and smallest.
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Some of the reasons of creating the Men is for them to bring their part to Creation, to inherit Arda, and that their deeds should redound to the glory of Eru.