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Old 10-12-2009, 03:43 PM   #1
Lefty Scaevola
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We see elsewhere that "gift to man" is view as something very important by Eru and the Valar, , pehaps it was view as something that could not be denied (at least by the Valar) to any descendent of humans without their free choice.
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