Re-reading the Lord of the Rings, Chapter 61
The fall of civilisation according to John Ronald Reuel Tolkien.
Well, in the end it's a matter of strength and resolve, and luckily the Hobbits under Frodo's, Sam's, Merry's and Pippin's guidance have enough of it, but the rebellion couldn't have come any sooner than Lotho started taking without paying and only because Hobbits know how to count.
Yes, if only all people could be as resolute as the Tooks much harm would be avoided. But there are too many, who think that it will do them some good, if they stand back and observe how far and whither a wrong thing will go. They stand back and think that they can back-stab any time they want. But it's difficult for them to organise, they need a lot of whispering until they're convinced that the necessary level of general discontent has been reached and it is quite possible to keep them from it.
- Greed that needs to protect itself.
- Suppliers of odd-jobbers, who feed it in order to make it dependent on them.
- Would be nannies and snitches.
Well, in the end it's a matter of strength and resolve, and luckily the Hobbits under Frodo's, Sam's, Merry's and Pippin's guidance have enough of it, but the rebellion couldn't have come any sooner than Lotho started taking without paying and only because Hobbits know how to count.
Yes, if only all people could be as resolute as the Tooks much harm would be avoided. But there are too many, who think that it will do them some good, if they stand back and observe how far and whither a wrong thing will go. They stand back and think that they can back-stab any time they want. But it's difficult for them to organise, they need a lot of whispering until they're convinced that the necessary level of general discontent has been reached and it is quite possible to keep them from it.
Eingetragen Am/um
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