At the end of "The Council of Elrond"
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No one answered. The noon-bell rang. Still no one spoke. Frodo glanced at all the faces, but they were not turned to him. All the Council sat with downcast eyes, as if in deep thought. A great dread fell on him, as if he was awaiting the pronouncement of some doom that he had long foreseen and vainly hoped might after all never be spoken. An overwhelming longing to rest and remain at peace by Bilbo's side in Rivendell filled all his heart. At last with an effort he spoke, and wondered to hear his own words, as if some other will was using his small voice.
'I will take the Ring,' he said, 'though I do not know the way.'
Elrond raised his eyes and looked at him, and Frodo felt his heart pierced by the sudden keenness of the glance. 'If I understand aright all that I have heard,' he said, 'I think that this task is appointed for you, Frodo; and that if you do not find a way, no one will. This is the hour of the Shire-folk, when they arise from their quiet fields to shake the towers and councels of the Great. Who of all the Wise could have foreseen it? Or, if they are wise, why should they expect to know it, until the hour has struck?
'But it is a heavy burden. So heavy that none could lay it on another. I do not lay it on you. But if you take it freely, I will say that your choice it right...
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Correct me if I am wrong, but I have just read the first two sections of the Silmarillion and I am under the impression that nothing in Middle Earth happens apart from the will of Iluvitar. I remember Gandalf saying something like "There are other forces in this world, Frodo, besides good and evil..." This would imply a higher force (God) who knows all that is happening and directs the actions of all he created. That is why Frodo was chosen to take the Ring. It was the will of Iluvitar.
[ October 10, 2002: Message edited by: TolkienGurl ]