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I guess my main problem with the addition is that it's not really narrative - it's analysis. It's Tolkien analyzing the Valar's actions and motives. I don't think it adds any new narrative substance to the passage.
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Exactly. It's an inappropriate intrusion into the text. I don't think Tolkien even wrote that in the modern Translator's voice, but his own for the benefit of his successors.
I still believe the paragraph order in QS77 is far superior. Maybe it was just haste in composition that made Tolkien order it that way, but it was a wise editorial move to correct it. I think we should follow that lead.
Pengološ kicks *** for putting this together.