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Merlin

Postby Guest » April 13th, 2005, 2:32 am

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Re: Merlin

Postby Stanley Anderson » April 13th, 2005, 2:56 pm

…on a night of rain Frodo smelled a sweet fragrance on the air and heard the sound of singing that came over the water. And then it seemed to him that as in his dream in the house of Bombadil, the grey rain-curtain turned all to silver glass and was rolled back, and he beheld white shores and beyond them a fair green country under a swift sunrise.
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Re: Merlin

Postby Guest » April 13th, 2005, 5:57 pm

How I read it was Jane would have had a child who would have done, great good. She didn't, her time for that child has past. Denniston had "the future of Logres" in her, so what could that imply? Just a normal member, or a future Leader? I took it to be the future leader. If the child were just a member then I do not think Lewis would say "THE future" but rather imply part of the future. If I were told I was the future of anything it connotes more than just membership but actual leadership. I could be wrong though and thank you for responding.

But what about Merlin's Fatalistic comment?

Or Lewis’s understanding of the world before The Savior?
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Postby Stanley Anderson » April 13th, 2005, 7:21 pm

…on a night of rain Frodo smelled a sweet fragrance on the air and heard the sound of singing that came over the water. And then it seemed to him that as in his dream in the house of Bombadil, the grey rain-curtain turned all to silver glass and was rolled back, and he beheld white shores and beyond them a fair green country under a swift sunrise.
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Re: Merlin

Postby Bill » April 13th, 2005, 8:08 pm

Time is the fire in which we burn!

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Re: Merlin

Postby Guest » April 13th, 2005, 11:37 pm

I think I understand the first two points as was explained, but then wouldn't Jane's freedom to not have that particular child be the first free act ever done? If everything else that has ever happened lead to that, then she was supposed to but didn't, does it not imply that the act of not conceiving the child was the first real free act?
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Postby Stanley Anderson » April 14th, 2005, 3:13 pm

…on a night of rain Frodo smelled a sweet fragrance on the air and heard the sound of singing that came over the water. And then it seemed to him that as in his dream in the house of Bombadil, the grey rain-curtain turned all to silver glass and was rolled back, and he beheld white shores and beyond them a fair green country under a swift sunrise.
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