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Old 09-09-2006, 11:30 PM   #23
Raynor
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According to letter #89, for Tolkien, Joy and Sorrow ultimately converge, even in the event of the eucatastrophe, the happy turn. He also notes in the Atrabeth that "sadness ... must come even from the unselfish love of anything less than Eru".
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