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Old 11-18-2005, 01:07 PM   #11
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The first quote was regarding Tolkien's original motivation pre- & during WW1, the second about his state of mind during the writing of LotR.
Fair 'nuff.

Although, given the success of The Hobbit, he must have had some conception while writing LotR that it would attract a modest readership, at the very least, and that this would most probably include Atheists, Agnostics and Jews, if not those of other faiths.
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