Ah, yes, I see your point Saucy. Perhaps I should rephrase my argument. I don't think Sauron believed that any of his enemies could destroy the Ring by himself, the Ring would corrupt him first. In the case of Frodo, there was the hand of providence cutting in (or the teeth of providence, depending on how you look at it). Which brings us to a rather interesting question: If Gollum had not been there, would Sam have pushed Frodo in? Or tried to forcibly take the Ring?
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But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.
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