Nice thread, Just a quick point to throw into the mix,
Gandalf plainly foresaw what Denethor's fate 'should have been' had he not committed suicide-
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Whereas your part is to go out to the battle of your City, where maybe death awaits you. This you know in your heart.
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I think though that this makes too 'neat' a coincidence, two old leaders; Theoden and Denethor, both depressed by works of the enemy, both healed by Gandalf, both die heroically at the Pelennor.