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Old 01-19-2001, 10:23 PM   #67
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Re: Frodo or the Ring?

Durelen, let me clarify. I meant that Tolkien wrote the &quot;refutation&quot; in a way that certainly left room for doubt and uncertainty. And why would you leave room for doubt and uncertainty if you weren't hinting that what you were &quot;refuting&quot; might actually be true? It's not like Tolkien wrote, &quot;Durelen wrote to me from West Virginia asking if Gandalf is Manwë, but I can tell you right now that that theory is absolutely false!&quot; and I'm saying, &quot;Well, I'm just not convinced by the prof on this one.&quot;

I doubt the item mentioned is just one of Tolkien's notes; otherwise, why would he say things like, &quot;I do not (of course) know the truth of the matter...&quot; Tolkien liked to write as if he were a character in ME. I wish I knew more about the fragment I'm quoting from. Is the &quot;I&quot; supposed to be Frodo? <blockquote>Quote:<hr> It looks (and was intedned to look in the end) much like history, with it's different sources of inforamation and different accounts of what &quot;really happened&quot;. <hr></blockquote>HI, you're so right! That's why we can have so much fun debating controversial topics here on the Downs.

</p>Edited by: <A HREF=http://www.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_profile&u=00000005>Mister Underhill</A> at: 1/19/01 11:25:23 pm
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