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Old 09-09-2006, 05:13 AM   #11
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Originally Posted by Lalwendë
I wasn't talking talking about Saxons nor was I talking about Elves, I was talking about ancient Britons (and Bretons, because they built these cultures too). These are the people who did not have a pessimistic view, but looked to the future as shown by their building of remarkable structures which would last down the millennia.
Isn't this logic a bit circular? Those who left stone monuments were optimistic, those who didn't, pessimistic? How do we know, unless we also have their literature to look at?
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