By this time, he had doubts about fundamental aspects of the work that went back to the earliest versions of the stories, and it seems that he felt the need to resolve these problems before he could produce the "final" version of The Silmarillion.
På dette tidspunkt var han tvivl om værkets fundamentale aspekter, der gik tilbage til de tidligste versioner af historierne, og det virkede som om, at han havde et behov for at løse disse problemer, før han kunne fremstille den endelige udgave af Silmarillion.