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Old 01-03-2008, 08:44 AM   #9
The Might
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Well, for one thing he definitely associates this early industrial revolution in M-e with negative things. An inudstrial Shire was terrible, same goes for the works of Saruman.

Definitely such a development was not to his liking.

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It is not unlikely that they invented some of the machines that have since troubled the world, especially the ingenious devices for killing large numbers of people at once, for wheels and engines and explosions always delighted them, and also not working with their own hands more than they could help; but in those days and those wild parts they had not advanced (as it is called) so far. ~ TH
I always knew it that Daimler and Benz were goblins!

No, but seriously now, this does seem to be quite a greenie. Then again, M-e isn't our world.
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