Gwaihir has it, as usual. Tuor is "a vein of hope" running through the tragedy that is the Silmarillion. I hate to use this word, but he is used as more of an exposition for Earendil than anything else. I personally found his story quite fascinating, especially with regards to the Fall of Gondolin. While I do enjoy (if that is a proper word) the excitement and despair of Turin's story, it usually leaves me feeling drained and weary, something I never find when reading of Tuor's adventure. But that is just me.
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...where the instrument of intelligence is added to brute power and evil will, mankind is powerless in its own defence.
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