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***Mister Underhill*** · 01-19-2001, 10:23 PM

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Re: Frodo or the Ring?

Durelen, let me clarify. I meant that Tolkien wrote the "refutation" in a way that certainly left room for doubt and uncertainty. And why would you leave room for doubt and uncertainty if you weren't hinting that what you were "refuting" might actually be true? It's not like Tolkien wrote, "Durelen wrote to me from West Virginia asking if Gandalf is Manwë, but I can tell you right now that that theory is absolutely false!" and I'm saying, "Well, I'm just not convinced by the prof on this one."

I doubt the item mentioned is just one of Tolkien's notes; otherwise, why would he say things like, "I do not (of course) know the truth of the matter..." Tolkien liked to write as if he were a character in ME. I wish I knew more about the fragment I'm quoting from. Is the "I" supposed to be Frodo? <blockquote>Quote:<hr> It looks (and was intedned to look in the end) much like history, with it's different sources of inforamation and different accounts of what "really happened". <hr></blockquote>HI, you're so right! That's why we can have so much fun debating controversial topics here on the Downs.

</p>Edited by: <A HREF=http://www.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_profile&u=00000005>Mister Underhill</A> at: 1/19/01 11:25:23 pm

01-19-2001, 10:23 PM	#18
*Mister Underhill* Dread Horseman Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Behind you! Posts: 2,744	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Shade of Carn Dûm Posts: 337</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> Re: Frodo or the Ring? Durelen, let me clarify. I meant that Tolkien wrote the "refutation" in a way that certainly left room for doubt and uncertainty. And why would you leave room for doubt and uncertainty if you weren't hinting that what you were "refuting" might actually be true? It's not like Tolkien wrote, "Durelen wrote to me from West Virginia asking if Gandalf is Manwë, but I can tell you right now that that theory is absolutely false!" and I'm saying, "Well, I'm just not convinced by the prof on this one." I doubt the item mentioned is just one of Tolkien's notes; otherwise, why would he say things like, "I do not (of course) know the truth of the matter..." Tolkien liked to write as if he were a character in ME. I wish I knew more about the fragment I'm quoting from. Is the "I" supposed to be Frodo? <blockquote>*Quote:<hr> It looks (and was intedned to look in the end) much like history, with it's different sources of inforamation and different accounts of what "really happened". <hr></blockquote>HI, you're so right! That's why we can have so much fun debating controversial topics here on the Downs. </p>Edited by: <A HREF=http://www.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_profile&u=00000005>Mister Underhill</A> at: 1/19/01 11:25:23 pm*