The Faramir chapters are sublime, especially after the hobbits endure the Emyn Muil, the despair of the Black Gate and journeying with Gollum.<P>Even more than with Aragorn we get to see the nobility and wisdom of Men, before Farmir they are obscurely buried away in Aragorn for the most part. Faramir fleshes out that which was previously hinted at.<P>The movie dispenses with all of this to gives u... I'd better stop now<P>oh and or Estel, I have edited my vote as per your suggestion.
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The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night exchanging lore & wisdom such as they still possessed that they should not fall back into the mean estate of those who never knew or indeed rebelled against the Light.
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