Well, greyhavener, I agree when you said that Tolkien was "filled with sadness that was yet blessed and without bitterness", that was actually what I tried to explain in my last post. After all, that was what he filled his book with, and there is no doubt that this state-of-mind was in his mind a little "higher" that other... This is the romantic sadness, in witch he admired [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
But that, however, is not what I would call beeing depressed...
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