Since Bombadil is the eldest and the fatherless, but Treebeard is the oldest living being, it leads me to believe that Bombadil is the oldest nonliving being, but Treebeard is the oldest living being.
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Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them?
Then don't be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
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