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And why, praytell, are we not obliged to serve the elves?
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While Elves are the greatest beings of ME (not including Maiar), they are the friends of Men, though they did teach them a lot. Felagund first found Men and 'taught them true knowledge' (hope I got that quote right; don't own a copy of the Sil.), and Beor served him as several Men served other Elves (i.e. Hurin and Huor "served" Turgon).
However, I don't think Men are obliged to serve the Elves because in the end, I suppose it is a matter of "free will", the gift Eru gave to Men to shape their own lives and change the course of the future themselves. An analogy is Men and horses- are horses obliged to serve us, since we are more intelligent than them?