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Mithalwen · 01-10-2005, 02:58 PM

I found this in a dictionary of Quotations thought it is from the Silmarillion and I think it is very interesting

"He (Eru) willed that the hearts of Men should seek beyond the world and find no rest therein; but they should have a virtue to shape their life amid the powers and chances of the world, beyond the Music of the Ainur, which is a fate to all things else"

So men have more free will than Elves .....

01-10-2005, 02:58 PM	#28
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,463	I found this in a dictionary of Quotations thought it is from the Silmarillion and I think it is very interesting "He (Eru) willed that the hearts of Men should seek beyond the world and find no rest therein; but they should have a virtue to shape their life amid the powers and chances of the world, beyond the Music of the Ainur, which is a fate to all things else" So men have more free will than Elves ..... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace