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- From: er@iscp.bellcore.com (Elie Rosenfeld)
- Subject: Re: References to Tolkien by Led Zeppelin
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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 17:53:15 GMT
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- In article <2359@blue.cis.pitt.edu>, genetic+@pitt.edu (Dr. Dave) writes:
- |> On the other hand, I think there's *every* reason to think that Tolkien was
- |> having a bit of fun and suggesting that Aristotle, and all subsequent makers
- |> of maxims, *really* got it originally from Bilbo Baggins, who coined the cliche
- |> back in the pre-history of our world. I seem to recall some comments in other
- |> places in LOTR about aspects of Middle-Earth that persist into modern times
- |> merely as vague memories or distorted legends. (E.g. didn't Tolkien say
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- One of the cleverest examples of this is Frodo's lengthy verion of "The Cat and
- The Fiddle", which professes to be the source of the single verse remembered
- today. And, of course, there's "Atalante" as one of Numenor's names.
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