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Old 12-04-2001, 12:40 AM   #23
lamarquise
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Denethor was deceived, certainly. Sauron was able to deceive him because Denethor insisted on having his own way, thinking himself great enough to use the stone without danger though it was under Sauron's influence. A wiser man, perhaps, would have been more prudent and trusted less to his own strength. Aragorn himself had trouble with the palantir of Orthanc, and the only thing that probably saved him was the fact that he took it to distract Sauron while his friends made their way into Mordor.