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Second-guessing and Misunderstanding Tolkien

". . . did he know that moles and shrews do the same with their venom?"

Just assume Tolkien knows everything 🐾
 
And if he doesn't know it, it's probably not worth knowing.😄😉
I'm reminded of the "Balliol Rhryme", part of a satirical poem done by undergraduates at Oxford in 1880, targeting various dons. I was sure I read somewhere of a connection with Tolkien -- perhaps there was a later performance he attended? In any event, the first stanza featured Benjamin Jowett:

"First come I, my name is Jowett;
There is no knowledge but I know it;
I am the Master of this College;
What I don't know, isn't knowledge."
 
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