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Re: Tuor and Idril
In response to the assumption that Hobbits became immortal...
LETTER #246
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Quote:<hr> J.R.R. Tolkien
'Frodo was sent or allowed to pass over Sea to heal him- if that could be done,
before he died. He would have eventually to 'pass away': no mortal could, or can, abide for ever on earth, or within Time. So he went to both a purgatory and to a reward, for a while: a period of reflection and peace and a gaining of a truer understanding of his position in littleness and in greatness, spent still in Time amis the natural beauty of 'Arda Unmarred', the Earth unspoiled by evil.'<hr></blockquote>
LETTER #325
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Quote:<hr> J.R.R. Tolkien
'As for Frodo or other mortals, they could only dwell in Aman for a limited time- whether brief or long. The Valar had neither the power nor the right to confer 'immortaility' upon them. Their sojourn was a 'purgatory', but one of peace and healing, and they would eventually pass away (
die at their own desire and of free will) to destinations of which the Elves knew nothing.'<hr></blockquote>
Note: this addresses other mortals in Aman also (not just hobbits).
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Edited by: <A HREF=http://www.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_profile&u=00000133>Saulotus </A> at: 10/17/00 4:19:22 pm