"Yet such is oft the course of deeds…" — J.R.R. Tolkien

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それでも世界の車輪を動かす行為の成り行きはしばしばそのようなものだ。偉大な者たちの目が他に向いている間に、小さな手がそれを為すべきだから為す。

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