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Saruman, I said, standing away from him, only one hand at a time can weild the One, and you know that well, so do not trouble to say we!

J. R. R. Tolkien

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J. R. R. Tolkien
Age: 81 †
Born: 1892
Born: January 3
Died: 1973
Died: September 2
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