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Old 10-07-2008, 01:23 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by J.R.R.Tolkien
....while possessing (if I could achieve it) the fair elusive beauty that some call Celtic (though it is rarely found in genuine ancient Celtic things), it should be 'high', purged of the gross, and fit for the more adult mind of a land long now steeped in poetry.
One of the most key elements of Tolkien's work, and, sometimes, one of the least appreciated.
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