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"I should like to save the Shire, if I could - though there have been times when I thought the inhabi..." — J. R. R. Tolkien
I should like to save the Shire, if I could - though there have been times when I thought the inhabitants too stupid and dull for words, and have felt that an earthquake or an invasion of dragons might be good for them.
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