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Old 07-28-2006, 09:43 AM   #24
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Originally Posted by Boromir88
So, I've always wondered, what makes Gimli different from the rest of his greedy dwarf brethren? Or are there more dwarves like Gimli where gold and riches hold no influence over them?
I'd say that it was pretty much the same as with our (human's) own capacity to behave "wrongly". Some Dawrves would be more susceptible to, and more prone to display, their negative traits than others.

By no means were all Dwarves greedy to the point of evil, but few were probably as free of the Dwarven lust for gold and riches as Gimli. Bilbo's companions were, by and large, a fairly likeable bunch, but they were certainly not perfect (indeed, neither was Gimli). We might assume that they were fairly representatvie of the majority of Dwarvenkind, or at least those of the Western lines.
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