But the Ring and all its works would have endured. If Gandalf proved the victor, the result would have beenįor Sauron the same as the destruction of the Ring for him it would have been destroyed, takenįrom him for ever.
Was not actually in possession, and perhaps also because he was weakened by long corruption andĮxpenditure of will in dominating inferiors. One side the true allegiance of the Ring to Sauron on the other superior strength because Sauron The scene in which Gandalf, say, was placed in such a position. Confrontation of Sauron alone, unaided, self to self was not contemplated. Generals and armies and engines of war, until they could challenge Sauron and destroy him byįorce. In any case Elrond or Galadriel would have proceeded in the policy nowĪdopted by Sauron: they would have built up an empire with great and absolutely subservient
Galadriel's rejection of the temptation was founded upon previous But this the Great had well considered and had rejected, as is seen It was part of the essential deceit of the Ring to fill minds with If so, so also were the other guardians of the Three, especially Elrond.īut this is another matter. Galadriel', 1381, it appears that Galadriel conceived of herself as capable of wielding the Ring and 'Of the others only Gandalf might be expected to master him – being an emissary of the PowersĪnd a creature of the same order, an immortal spirit taking a visible physical form.
