And it is not our part here to take thought only for a season, or for …

J. R. R. Tolkien
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And it is not our part here to take thought only for a season, or for a few lives of Men, or for a passing age of the world. ✨ J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). The Lord of the Rings: One Volume, p.192, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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