"[C]ontrary to most people, I think that touching your cap to the squire may be damn bad for the squire but it's damn good for you."
— J. R. R. Tolkien

January 1, 1970

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Originally from the 1964 interview with Denys Gueroult, first broadcast in 1971. Excerpted in J. R. R. Tolkien: An Audio Portrait, BBC Radio Collection (2001), . CD 2, track 10.