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🧙Gandalf's Foresight?

Aulë

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From Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring. The Ring Goes South
`May you have joy of the sight, my good dwarf l' said Gandalf. 'But whatever you may do, we at least cannot stay in that valley. We must go down the Silverlode into the secret woods, and so to the Great River, and then -'
He paused.
'Yes, and where then?' asked Merry.
'To the end of the journey – in the end,' said Gandalf. 'We cannot look too far ahead. Let us be glad that the first stage is safely over. I think we will rest here, not only today but tonight as well. There is a wholesome air about Hollin. Much evil must befall a country before it wholly forgets the Elves, if once they dwelt there.'

From this, could we presume that Gandalf knew what was going to happen, and that the Fellowship would be broken on the shores of the Anduin?
Or did Gandalf just not have a plan for what they'd do after they reached Emyn Muil?
 
I think it was a bit of both, he knew all to well what lurked in the darkness, and he knew that if it came to blows he would have to sacrifice himself as he had done, but i also think he didnt now altogether what course to take after leaving Lothlórien, possibly the idea that Aragorn had, except Aragorn goes to Minas Tirith and Gandalf would go to Mordor aswell, but then this would cause lots of un-needed attention, so its there was no clear answer, although i dont think he would ever have sent Sam and Frodo to Mordor alone...im glad i never had to make that choise, id surely mess it up...
 
I think it's safe to say that he had no clear idea of what to do after Lórien; but I think he hesitated also because he did not like the thought of actually going to Mordor. At this time he was still the Grey, and bent with great age and bodily weariness; the Quest itslef must have felt like a true burden at that point.
As the White he no longer had any fears or doubts, but still had his reasoning capabilities.
 
I don't think he had any clear idea of where they should go. If he had known, he would have told Aragorn, or someone of the others, since he had a feeling that going into Moria might not be a good idea and that something evil might happen there. So if he had had any clear advice on what to do if anything might happen to him, he would have told Aragorn, but since Aragorn was very much in doubt at Parth Galen, we can assume that Gandalf didn't tell him what the best option was.
 
I am with Irth here. Perhaps in his innermost thoughts he was against entering Moria. Perhaps he knew that once they reached Lorien, the fellowship might break up for Boromir would definately want to go to the war that waged on the borders of his country while the others might be against that...
 
I don't see why you'd think that Gandalf was especially psychic just from that quote. Looks like he's just using common sense. He's thinking about all of the evil things that might happen. Heading for Mordor just to kill Sauron might be a little dangerous. :eek:
 
And to add to what all the others have said: he knew that Boromir would head for Minas Tirith, no matter what the Ringbearer would want.
So I don't think one have to be a wizard to understand that the Fellowship might break up in the end.
 

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