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Carorëiel · 11-10-2003, 05:43 PM

Does anyone know which of Tolkien's letters the following comes from: "The most widespread assumption of our time: that if a thing can be done, it must be done. This seems to me wholly false."

I've found this quote in other sources, but have been unable to find it in the original.

***The Barrow-Wight*** · 11-10-2003, 06:06 PM

That's #186 "From a letter to Joanna de Bortadano (drafts)"

11-10-2003, 06:06 PM	#2
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Carorëiel Haunting Spirit Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Tennessee Posts: 54	Tolkien's Letters Does anyone know which of Tolkien's letters the following comes from: "The most widespread assumption of our time: that if a thing can be done, it must be done. This seems to me wholly false." I've found this quote in other sources, but have been unable to find it in the original. __________________ "Art is our way of keeping track of what we know and have known, secretly, from the beginning."--John Gardner