Actually I am a Christian, and indeed a Roman Catholic, so that I do not expect 'history' to be anything but a 'long defeat' - though it contains {and in a legend may contain more clearly and movingly} some samples or glimpses of final victory. {Letter #195}"
( J.R.R. Tolkien )
[ The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien ]
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