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Originally Posted by Narnangol
Especially so with the last lines, which I don't have on me now.
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Here they are:
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Yet the lies that Melkor, the mighty and accursed, Morgoth Baugir, the Power of Terror and of Hate, sowed in the hearts of Elves and Men are a seed that does not die and cannot be destroyed; and ever and anon it aprouts anew, and will bear dark fruit even unto the latest days.
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This is probably my most favourite passage in all the books. I have many favourites (too many for them to be called "favourites"...
), but this sentence is simply unbeatable.
Wait... there's more...
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Here ends the SILMARILLION. If it has passed from the high and beautiful to darkness and ruin, that was of old the fate of Arda Marred; and if any change shall come and the Marring be amended, Manwe and Varda may know; but they have not revealed it, and it is not declared in the dooms of Mandos.
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This does indeed summarise the whole Sil.