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- Subject: Re: WHATEVER
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- Date: 24 Nov 92 00:12:37 GMT
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- Whoops, correction time. . .
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- >Remember, the ring is a somewhat sentient object, it slipped from Isildur's
- >hand, and Gollum's. Tolkien implies it did this purposefully in an attempt to
- >return to it's master.
- >
- > One last thing, more disturbing to me is the fact that Saruman was
- >corrupted in his quest for the ring. Was it *the ring* which did this or greed.
- >How inconsistent is it for a Maia of Manwe to be swayed to an evil (and, well,
- >impotent) end.
- >
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- This is the correct ending, sorry.
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- -Rich
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