Synchronicity, Child of the 7th Age? [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
It sounds almost as if you've read my most recent post earlier this afternoon in the On Patrol Discussion thread.
Doing my best to translate my mindset into words, perhaps my attitude can be summed up this way: * lights a bowl of pipeweed the better to ruminate *
While Saruman and I have had our differences to the point where relations between us have shown obvious strain during sessions of the White Council, he has been appointed to a position of rightful authority over me. In the absence of any clear evidence ... and evidence of what exactly, after all ... I uphold the honorable good name of Saruman the White as a matter of course, and keep before my mind's eye those good qualities of his which have led to his earning a position of leadership. A man should strive always to think well of those to whom he owes allegiance and obedience, lest he be tempted to pride, which leads in turn to the diminished carrying out of his own duty.
So Saruman has fortified Isengard ... in dangerous times, is seeing to one's legitimate self-defense unheard of, or is it instead the same wisdom which causes Lothlórien to look to the protection of its borders with such vigilance, and Imladris to seek to remain a haven safe from the growing Shadow?
Gandalf the Grey
[ July 08, 2002: Message edited by: Gandalf_theGrey ]
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