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Originally Posted by Raynor
Perhaps the correct meaning of the phrase is that it compares the rate of growth of things in Middle Earth and the growth of Eldar in Aman.
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Hmmm, but preceding this passage it was said the Eldar 'aged' at the same speed in Aman as they had done in their beginning upon Middle-earth. And following it, it is noted (
Aman and Mortal Men) that the Valar could not alter the speed of their growth.
The source of Joy in Aman for Elves was comparative: the Eldar grew at the same rate but 3000 years of change
about them in Aman was much less than in Middle-earth; in Middle-earth
'... all things in comparison with themselves were fleeting, swift to die or pass away.'