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Old 12-09-2008, 09:27 AM   #9
Bęthberry
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Stepping in here without having read all the precursor posts and threads . . . (a danger, I know! )

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Originally Posted by Morthoron View Post
If someone does not seek power, does not lust for gold or is not ambitious in the negative sense, it doesn't make much sense that Sauron would be handing them a Ring.
Hmmm. But imagine the gloating, vainglory, lust, and delicious bequiling and exquisite expertise that could motivate Sauron to tempt Virtue. Talk about power. Talk about a dangerous liaison.

After all, eventually even Frodo succumbed to the One Ring.
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