But the only measure that he knows is desire desire for power and so h…

J. R. R. Tolkien
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But the only measure that he knows is desire desire for power and so he judges all hearts. Into his heart the thought will not enter that any will refuse it that having the Ring we may seek to destroy it. If we seek this we shall put him out of reckoning. ✨ J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). The Lord of the Rings: One Volume, p.194, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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