Gandalf answers that.
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Originally Posted by Gandalf
Despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.
It is wisdom to recognize necessity, when all other courses have been weighed, though as folly it may appear to those who cling to false hope.
Well, let folly be our cloak, a veil before the eyes of the Enemy! For he is very wise, and weighs all things to a nicety in the scales of his malice. But the only measure he knows is desire, desire for power; and so he judges all hearts.
Into his heart the thought will not enter that any will refuse it, that having the Ring we may seek to destroy it. If we seek this, we shall put him out of reckoning.
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Sauron is so enamored of power that he is unable to conceive of anyone else acting for any other motive. Thus, his reasoning might run...
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Refuse the Ring ?!? NO WAY !!!! They *MUST* have some sneaky plan working that involves trying to fool me (and others) by *pretending* they don't want the ring. Well, it won't work - I'm too smart to fall for that. I *KNOW* they really want it. I just have to figure out what their subterfuge is all about so I can counter it.
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