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Originally Posted by Folwren
I do not suggest that he did not do an extremely great deed and completed an amazing quest almost to the end, but he did not do what he had set out to do.
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Poor Frodo... misjudged every so often 
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Originally Posted by Letter #246
His real contract was only to do what he could, to try to find a way, and to go as far on the road as his strength of mind and body allowed. He did that.
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Meanwhile, Gollum:
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Originally Posted by Quempel
So I suppose technically Gollum is the real hero.
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Originally Posted by Letter #181
Gollum was pitiable, but he ended in persistent wickedness, and the fact that this worked good was no credit to him.
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"May the wicked become good. May the good obtain peace. May the peaceful be freed from bonds. May the freed set others free."
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