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   Philip Dudt to Dan   
   Re: Tolkien's Main Theme in LotR   
   05 Jun 21 09:00:29   
   
   From: prdudt@gmail.com   
      
   On Thursday, August 29, 1996 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, Dan wrote:   
   > On 1 Jul 96 12:36:19 MDT, ajan...@UWYO.EDU wrote:   
   > > The only   
   > >person in the story for whom I felt anything was Hurin himself. The rest of   
   > >that poor lot were so stupid and proud that they brought most of their woes   
   > >upon themselves. I was sad about Turin, Morwen, and Neinor. I was angry that   
   > >so much that was good wasted away at the hands of pride. Really I was more   
   > >frustrated than sad. Anyway, that was just my take on the story. Hurin   
   > >must've been really ticked......Betcha Mim died a really painful death.   
   > Well ment if not well said. Pride went before the fall in almost every   
   > case. From Melkor on down. But yet not all were guilty of this error.   
      
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