To TarElendil: yes, I agree that Feanor's passion for the stones was greater, but still I think that the Telleri's pride and love for their ships was not less, the more so that they were the creation the people, not a single craftsman, and were admired by everyone of them.
About Feanor and Silmarils
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He never said that the valar couldnt have the silmarils for the trees.
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He probably couldn't say exactly this to Valar. What he said was:
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This thing I will not do of free will. But if the Valar will constrain me, then shall I know indeed that Melkor is if their kindred
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To me it sounds like giving in to power, not a free-will agreement