Yes, indeed. That is familiar. I think that's another "timeless truth" that we seem to find in Tolkien's writings. The books themselves, full of such a seemingly hopeless quest, somehow give us hope along with the characters.
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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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