Властелин колец: Возвращение короля
The Last Debate
WemustpushSaurontohislastthrow.Wemustcallouthishiddenstrength,sothatheshallemptyhisland.Wemustmarchouttomeethimatonce.Wemustmakeourselvesthebait,thoughhisjawsshouldcloseonus.Hewilltakethatbait,inhopeandingreed,forhewillthinkthatinsuchrashnessheseestheprideofthenewRinglord:andhewillsay:"So!hepushesouthisnecktoosoonandtoofar.Lethimcomeon,andbeholdIwillhavehiminatrapfromwhichhecannotescape.ThereIwillcrushhim,andwhathehastakeninhisinsolenceshallbemineagainforever."
‘Wemustwalkopen-eyedintothattrap,withcourage,butsmallhopeforourselves.For,mylords,itmaywellprovethatweourselvesshallperishutterlyinablackbattlefarfromthelivinglands;sothatevenifBarad-dûrbethrowndown,weshallnotlivetoseeanewage.Butthis,Ideem,isourduty.Andbettersothantoperishnonetheless-aswesurelyshall,ifwesithere-andknowaswediethatnonewageshallbe.’
Theyweresilentforawhile.AtlengthAragornspoke.‘AsIhavebegun,soIwillgoon.Wecomenowtotheverybrink,wherehopeanddespairareakin.Towaveristofall.LetnonenowrejectthecounselsofGandalf,whoselonglaboursagainstSauroncomeatlasttotheirtest.Butforhimallwouldlongagohavebeenlost.NonethelessIdonotyetclaimtocommandanyman.Letotherschooseastheywill.’
ThensaidElrohir:‘FromtheNorthwecamewiththispurpose,andfromElrondourfatherwebroughtthisverycounsel.Wewillnotturnback.’
