Well, if Boromir hadn't gone, then Aragorn wouldn't have felt that it would be dangerous to take the Ring to Minas Tirith. Aragorn had indeed met Denethor long ago (as Thorongil) and knew that if the latter laid hands on the Ring, all Mordor would break loose. Aragorn probably also knew that at some point, the Fellowship would split up, because as was said in the Council of Elrond, "even an Elf army marching on Mordor couldn't do it." The entire Fellowship would have that same effect. It HAD to split up. Boromir's "fall" proved to be the perfect motivation for Frodo (and Sam) to leave.
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But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.
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