John Ronald Reuel Tolkien: Malsamoj inter versioj

depends equally on the 'legends' which it conveys by tradition. (...)

Volapük, Esperanto, Ido, Novial, &c &c are dead, far deader than ancient

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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140220173705/http://www.esperanto.org/Ondo/Ind-jrrt.htm Tolkien en Esperanto] ([[Interreta Arkivo]])

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