Re-reading the Lord of the Rings, Chapter 24
This second chapter of the third book is about legs. That legs are necessary for all the things that you set out to do, and the better the legs are that are at your disposal, the greater the things are that you can do.
This holds as much for the legs of horses as it holds for the legs of men who acknowledge your command.
But for the time being, while these seductive things dangle in front of Aragorn and Gimli, they still do without.
It's pretty clear though what Aragorn's path will be, he's been taught a lesson, that by himself he can't do a thing, and the time, when Aragorn stops bumbling around and assumes his role in life is about to begin.
Still, nothing ever falls into one's lap without an effort. Already now we're being warned that there will be those who will challenge Aragorn's claim to leadership, and as it is with such things, the greater and more unlikely one's role, the higher minded those must be, who are even to consider it possible. Yet, this predisposition also runs in fouler straits, may it either be that imbeciles choose their hero or that decent men follow looking only at the office and not the men, who run it.
The latter happens only though, when those who acknowledge the claim of an office don't want to be involved with it, but think it useful, like, say, dealing with wizard matters and such. It is by the appeal to be of public service that the check of personal appreciation is overcome and the gates to leadership are opened to those who stink. We'll see more of it later on. Still, already here we might say that a king needs to be involved with everything that happens in his kingdom, not necessarily controlling it, but knowing of it and appreciating it, which is also why monarchy ended but in its vestigial form all over Europe. Today, as it is, there are actually both too many imbeciles and too many affairs to be involved in for any return of a king to be any kind of a success, which is why in these times all truly general work on society has to be performed clothed in sackcloth. It's still some time though, before it will be generally understood.
This holds as much for the legs of horses as it holds for the legs of men who acknowledge your command.
But for the time being, while these seductive things dangle in front of Aragorn and Gimli, they still do without.
It's pretty clear though what Aragorn's path will be, he's been taught a lesson, that by himself he can't do a thing, and the time, when Aragorn stops bumbling around and assumes his role in life is about to begin.
Still, nothing ever falls into one's lap without an effort. Already now we're being warned that there will be those who will challenge Aragorn's claim to leadership, and as it is with such things, the greater and more unlikely one's role, the higher minded those must be, who are even to consider it possible. Yet, this predisposition also runs in fouler straits, may it either be that imbeciles choose their hero or that decent men follow looking only at the office and not the men, who run it.
The latter happens only though, when those who acknowledge the claim of an office don't want to be involved with it, but think it useful, like, say, dealing with wizard matters and such. It is by the appeal to be of public service that the check of personal appreciation is overcome and the gates to leadership are opened to those who stink. We'll see more of it later on. Still, already here we might say that a king needs to be involved with everything that happens in his kingdom, not necessarily controlling it, but knowing of it and appreciating it, which is also why monarchy ended but in its vestigial form all over Europe. Today, as it is, there are actually both too many imbeciles and too many affairs to be involved in for any return of a king to be any kind of a success, which is why in these times all truly general work on society has to be performed clothed in sackcloth. It's still some time though, before it will be generally understood.
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