the profound paper i shall one day write
shall be based on this, taken from 'The Two Towers,' by J.R.R. Tolkien:
"What hope have we?" said Faramir. "It is long since we had any hope...For the Enemy increases and we decrease. We are a failing people, a springless autumn.
"The Men of Númenor were settled far and wide on the shores and seaward regions of the Great Lands, but for the most part they fell into evil and follies. Many became enamoured of the Darkness and the black arts; some were given over wholly to idleness and ease, and some fought among themselves, until they were conquered in their weakness by the wild men.
"It is not said that evil arts were ever practiced in Gondor, or that the Nameless One was ever named in honour there...Yet even so it was Gondor that brought about its own decay, falling by degrees into dotage, and thinking that the Enemy was asleep, who was only banished and not destroyed.
"Death was ever present, because the Númenoreans still, as they had in their old kingdom, and so lost it, hungered after endless life unchanging..."
"What hope have we?" said Faramir. "It is long since we had any hope...For the Enemy increases and we decrease. We are a failing people, a springless autumn.
"The Men of Númenor were settled far and wide on the shores and seaward regions of the Great Lands, but for the most part they fell into evil and follies. Many became enamoured of the Darkness and the black arts; some were given over wholly to idleness and ease, and some fought among themselves, until they were conquered in their weakness by the wild men.
"It is not said that evil arts were ever practiced in Gondor, or that the Nameless One was ever named in honour there...Yet even so it was Gondor that brought about its own decay, falling by degrees into dotage, and thinking that the Enemy was asleep, who was only banished and not destroyed.
"Death was ever present, because the Númenoreans still, as they had in their old kingdom, and so lost it, hungered after endless life unchanging..."
posted by melilotnfosco | 1:38 PM
5 Comments:
"...thinking that the Enemy was asleep, who was only banished and not destroyed."
the greatest trick the devil ever played was convincing the world that he doesn't exist.
yikes :( I'm guilty... :(
can't wait to read your profound paper though! you better get to it and not sit around idly! ;)
i did lots of research for it a couple summers ago, but it was too much work, so i quit. :))
i just stumbled across it again, though, so who knows.
I like that you have a profound paper that you might someday write. I have a few of those rattling around in my brain.
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