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If a man were to go to Minas Tirith and look through the history of the world, they would be amazed at how many records would be contained within; however, as they read, they would be disheartened at the lack of progress that has been made over the centuries.
The Ring comes from the ancients, and let us first say that we hold no disrepsect to the actions of the ancients, for they certainly came first in the handling of the darkness of Middle Earth; however, there has arisen idols in the presence of men that keep a proper handling of the Ring from being done. To speak plainly, no correct judgment can be formed either by our method of or its discoveries by those anticipations which are now in common use.
The first idol is the idol of the tribe; these are present in all the races of Middle Earth, elf, human, dwarf, hobbit; they are inherent in the races' nature; for their senses are are falsely asserted to be the standard of things. The second is the idol of the hole in the ground; this idol is what encourages the races to hide in dens, caves, and trees as the Ring works its evil.
The third idol is the idol of the market, meaning the common misconceptions of each race held by the other as they refuse to cooperate against the Ring and Sauron. The fourth idol is the idol of the eye, with the large flames around the lidless ball that bears reference to man and not the universe.
Some men become attached to certain aspects of the Ring, either from supposing themselves the lords or kings of lands, or from having bestowed the greatest pains upon subjects, and thus becoming habituated to the Ring's power. If men of this description apply themselves to the Fellowship, they wrest and corrupt the group by their preconceived fancies, of which Sauron affords us a signal instance.
The Ring clouds the understanding; only through applications of the mind and experience can progress by made by the Ring Bearer. Induction is the true way towards Mount Doom!