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From: "Alberto Monteiro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2002 5:52 PM
Subject: Re: Galactic Proverbs
>
> Patrick Schlichtenmyer wrote:
> >
> >"Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you
give
> >it to them?"
> >-J.R.R. Tolkien _The Fellowship of the Ring_
> >
> Misquote... Snipping so much makes it out of context.
>
> `Deserves death! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve
> death. And some die that deserve life. Can you give that to
> them? Then be not too eager to deal out death in the name of
> justice, fearing for your own safety. Even the wise cannot see
> all ends.'
>
> Alberto Monteiro
In what way was it out of context? Granted, the specific discussion
concerned Gollum, however I felt that that particular line had a larger
"judge not lest ye be judged" quality to it.
Also, how was it misquoted? My source was straight out of the Ballantine
Books April, 1975 edition.
Patrick
Patrick Schlichtenmyer
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"One does not sneeze on a Hydrogen Breather twice"-Galactic Proverb 7603:01
