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I really think that Aragorn could do it, since we all know that he wasn't tempted by the ring.
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No, we don't. We know that Aragorn had the common sense that Boromir didn't, and we know that at the time of Frodo's leaving he was not tempted. But we don't know that it would stay that way...
In the Sil, the orcs are elves turned bad. On no account could anyone say that elves are virtually incorruptible.
Sam couldn't do the job - for one thing, he didn't trust Gollum, and if he had the ring, he would probably have killed Gollum, after which he would become lost in the Marshes.
~ Elentari II