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Old 08-05-2002, 03:57 PM   #25
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Are you implying that Gandalf's humility is part of his mercy? ...That, I think, would be consistent with Tolkien's values.
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I am, and it would. I'm not quite sure how to pursue this, but I do believe that Gandalf's humility and his mercy are very much connected to the point of being one virtue (humicy? merility? [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]), and an intrisically Gandalfish virtue, at least in Middle Earth.
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