There are many things in the deep waters; and seas and lands may chang…

J. R. R. Tolkien
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There are many things in the deep waters; and seas and lands may change. 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. We should seek a final end of this menace, even if we do not hope to make one. ✨ J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). The Lord of the Rings: One Volume, p.192, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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