Sunday, June 05, 2022
War Must Be
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Part II: The Two Towers, 2nd ed. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, ©1982), p. 280 (Book IV, Chapter 5; Faramir speaking):
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War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend: the city of the Men of Númenor; and I would have her loved for her memory, her ancientry, her beauty, and her present wisdom.
