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elfling · 11-11-2002, 10:05 PM

This may be off base now but I've wanted to post this since I read some of this befor it moved. I think man is the "chosen race", why because they are the ones to whom they must look to for hope as Gandolf says in FoTR. Man is the race witch survives in ME. All the rest fade or leave. So if Hobbits are from or related to man as many beleive to be what JRRT intended(I've seen many convincing JRRT quotes on this) then they(Hobbits) are indeed part of the "chosen race" though they fade, maybe because of the same qualities which make them capable of carring the Ring, their resilence, mirth, love of earth and lack of desire to have power or to rule others. Man is what is left to rule over ME

11-11-2002, 10:05 PM	#13
elfling Haunting Spirit Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: asheville,nc Posts: 86	This may be off base now but I've wanted to post this since I read some of this befor it moved. I think man is the "chosen race", why because they are the ones to whom they must look to for hope as Gandolf says in FoTR. Man is the race witch survives in ME. All the rest fade or leave. So if Hobbits are from or related to man as many beleive to be what JRRT intended(I've seen many convincing JRRT quotes on this) then they(Hobbits) are indeed part of the "chosen race" though they fade, maybe because of the same qualities which make them capable of carring the Ring, their resilence, mirth, love of earth and lack of desire to have power or to rule others. Man is what is left to rule over ME __________________ And I shall not be dark, but beautiful and terrible as the morning and the night...All shall love me and despair!