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Old 06-28-2010, 01:24 PM   #1
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The wisdom of the will if far superior to skill in arms.
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Old 06-28-2010, 03:27 PM   #2
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I'm with Findegil and Galin here about strength of will being Boromir's forte against the Nazgűl.
Concerning his death, the draft versions of The Heirs of Elendil in HoME XII read:
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A: Death hastened by wounds got in the war.
B: His life was shortened by wounds received from the poisoned weapons of Morgul.
C: His life was shortened by the poisoned wounds he received in the Morgul-war.
So I'm inclined to read the 'Morgűl wound' of the final text in Appendix A as abbreviation/condensation of the wordings in B and C above.
Besides, if he'd been wounded with a Morgűl knife like the one the WK used against Frodo on Weathertop, wouldn't he have been turned into a wraith rather than killed or letally poisoned?
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