If the Fellowship didn't break up, it is next to impossible to think that Pippin would look into the Palantir of Orthanc. He and the majority of the Fellowship would have probably ended up at Gondor. If you'll remember, nobody wanted to go near Saruman, and it was his Orcs who took Merry, Pip & all that way.
However, if the palantir held such a temptation for Pippin, the Ring may have held an equal or greater.
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But all the while I sit and think of times there were before
I listen for returning feet and voices at the door
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