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In any case, she fought the "long defeat" and stayed while her people diminished.
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This is a major theme in Tolkien's thought and an important element in the Northern Mythologies that inspired him. We see relatively little of it in Middle-Earth, however. Galadriel is an important reminder of this theme. (Although, Gandalf suggests Middle-Earth itself, is really fighting the long defeat.) He deals with it in "The Monsters and the Critics" as well. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] It's always been one of my favorite parts of his writings.
Sophia
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The seasons fall like silver swords, the years rush ever onward; and soon I sail, to leave this world, these lands where I have wander'd. O Elbereth! O Queen who dwells beyond the Western Seas, spare me yet a little time 'ere white ships come for me!
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