From: le@top.put.com   
      
   temujin  wrote:   
   > On Sun, 19 Aug 2018 02:16:01 +0000 (UTC), Louis Epstein   
   >  wrote:   
   >> Since TLotR was published nearly 65 years ago,   
   >> longevity has changed.   
   >   
   > Can we say natural longevity was a mark of piety, class and/or   
   > birthright in tolkien's view?   
      
   Certain Men were granted greater longevity than others...but note   
   that hobbits of any class apparently lived longer than lesser Men   
   if not so long as the Atani,and dwarves of any character longer still.   
      
   But the legendary feel of the longevity presented in the lesser reaches   
   is lessened by modern real examples of what was before but a dream.   
   How might future generations greet the tales if beating the Old Took   
   becomes a common expectation?   
      
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