I can well imagine Tolkien sending little notes to all his colleagues at Pembroke, running something like:
'If you happen to know what it's like to carry a magic ring across the known world for the purpose of dropping it into a magic volcano, please let me know. Cordially, John'.
Boru
'If you happen to know what it's like to carry a magic ring across the known world for the purpose of dropping it into a magic volcano, please let me know. Cordially, John'.
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson