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Old 02-22-2005, 04:00 AM   #1
Telcontar_Dunedain
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Doom or Gift?

What do you think death for humans was? They obviously saw it as a doom and in Athrabeth they say that they were immortal. However it is also spoken as Eru's gift to Men. What do you guys think?
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Then Huor spoke and said: "Yet if it stands but a little while, then out of your house shall come the hope of Elves and Men. This I say to you, lord, with the eyes of death: though we part here for ever, and I shall not look on your white walls again, from you and me a new star shall arise. Farewell!"

The Silmarillion, Nirnaeth Arnoediad, Page 230
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