Dumbledore's master plan/passing the torch

[NamiePark]

No: HPFGUIDX 138415

Lawrence Carlin wrote:
>> There is no evidence of any torch passing, or even
> that there is a torch to pass. The whole quote reads,
> HBP Am. ed. P. 578 "I am not worried, Harry," said
> Dumbledore, his voice a little stronger despite the
> freezing water, "I am with you." 
> How could this be? Well, Harry shows absolutely no
> signs of being the wand-waving or spell casting phenom
> that Dumbledore is. And he shows no signs that he will
> become this powerful in the conventional sense. 

I'm really glad that someone brought this up because it's been on my 
mind for some time now.  At the beginning of HBP (at least in the UK 
edition), when Harry and DD leave the Dursleys, DD tells Harry not 
to worry because he is with DD. (paraphrasing, don't have the book 
in front of me) and towards the end of the book, when Harry goes 
back to his dorm to get his invisibility cloak and quickly tells Ron 
and Hermione that he's going to look for a horcrux with DD, he tells 
them not to worry because he will be with DD.  But by the time they 
are leaving the cave, DD says what's quoted above, about not being 
worried because he is with Harry.

I was really puzzled by that.  While I assumed that it did imply 
some sort of torch passing, like Lawrence Carlin, I didn't see any 
evidence that Harry had become the stronger wizard, etc.  This is 
total speculation but I wonder if Harry has always been unwittingly, 
the most powerful wizard but he has not (and still does not) 
completely know how to use his powers and that the only visible 
transition is that Harry is now mentally ready to hunt down 
Voldemort.  I really don't have a strong opinion on this, though, 
and would really appreciate hearing other thoughts on the subject.

Thanks,
Namie