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“Tolkien believed doggedly in the old-fashioned notion that the purpose of philology was to read literature and that literature couldn’t be properly studied without philology. Tolkien did not consider himself to be well read in English literature, per se; it didn’t interest him. It had always been…” quote by Wyatt North
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““Tolkien believed doggedly in the old-fashioned notion that the purpose of philology was to read literature and that literature couldn’t be properly studied without philology. Tolkien did not consider himself to be well read in English literature, per se; it didn’t interest him. It had always been the form and shape of words that intrigued him.””

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