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But the Red Ring remained hidden until the end, and none save Elrond and Galadriel and Cirdan knew to whom it had been committed. ("Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age")
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Gandalf never openly wore Narya until after the War of the Ring, so Saruman did not know that he possessed it.
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...where the instrument of intelligence is added to brute power and evil will, mankind is powerless in its own defence.
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