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"You have conquered, and I yield. Yet, henceforward art thou also dead—dead to the World, to Heaven and to Hope!"

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..."most trying to work it out and see if it was a compliment." When he announced having liked "less than half of you half as well as you deserve." (51) Big time big kid joke. :) #T503

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Even in depicting a similar scene (Hobbiton) it is certainly apparent that Tolkien has shifted gears in intended audience, the humor is specifically notable to me in this with little sentiments like Bilbo's last speech, his audience being stupefied by his wit, with... #T503

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-Samuel Johnson, The History of Rasselass #T503

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found where it is honestly sought. Change of place is no natural cause of the increase of piety, for it inevitably produces dissipation of the mind." I think little Baggins would agree that "no man surveys those awful scenes without some confirmation of holy resolutions"#T503

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"Pilgrimage" said Johnson in Rasselas "like many acts of piety, may be reasonable or superstitious, according to the principles upon which it is performed. Long journey's in search of truth are not commanded. Truth is necessary to the regulation of life as it is always..." #T503

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@josephsdsu Much appreciated. I just picked up a copy! If you've never seen Kathy Acker's interview with Burroughs, it's incredible; check it out (1st of 3 parts): https://t.co/Nf4aBHkwlu #T503

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I peak out from the bubbles, its warm in here, but as soon as I step out, I know; I'm drowning again, in some real horrible shit. And I wish! I could banish it all with a wish, "but I fear that will not come about in this age of the world, or for many after" (297) #T503

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Did I sing this to myself in a bubble bath last night? Oh yeah, I absolutely did! Pay special attention to his giggle in the last 2 seconds... J.R.R. Tolkien recites The Bath Song https://t.co/NGIirnbApq #T503

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...Boy just wanted to look at the ocean, tough luck beauty seeker, don't you know, our incessant need to understand beauty steals it from itself. To think, goofs could've climbed up and looked out...Ha! No, that'd be silly, what answers could possibly be found in that?
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On Tolkien's thoughts on the thoughts that have been gathered on the subject of Beowulf, I was greatly amused with his analogy of the tower and the goofs that knocked it over to learn how and why it came to be...
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