What did they mean...? Interpretations!

[*Varda*]

Indeed there is a power in Rivendell to withstand the might of Mordor, for a while: and elsewhere other powers still dwell. There is power too, of another kind in the Shire.

Gandalf in Many Meetings

This was brought up in the chatroom, although we didn't get very far. What do you think Gandalf meant by this, the power in the Shire?

[ April 23, 2003: Message edited by: *Varda* ]