The weakness of man

[theWhiteLady]

That was a beautiful post, Evisee! I agree completely [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

Well, obviously men are not weak, we are still around arn't we? The hobbits, dwarves and elves aren't

Arwen Imladris: I certainly hope you don't mean to imply that the elves, dwarves and hobbits were weak [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] Their time was simply past, and the domination of men at hand. That the elves had to forsake M-e has always wrung my heart; it is a pity we could not have co-existed and benefited from their wisdom.

Mithuial: I believe that the elves came to almost envy the gift, or Doom, of men. The bondage of immortality was surely wearing and full of pain at times. To escape forever, as men could, would have been a relief. As it says in the Sil by the messengers of Manwe to the men of Numenor: 'Yet that is to them neither reward or punishment, but the fulfilment of their being. They cannot escape, and are bound to this world, never to leave it so long as it lasts, for tis life is theirs... Thus you escape, and leave the world, and are not bound to it, in hope or weariness. Which of us, therefore, should envy the others?'