Mher
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Again hardships in grasping Poe's mental direction. What does he want to say by the underlined part? What is "discretion" here?
"To repose confidence in the understanding or discretion of a madman, is to gain him body
and soul. In this way we were enabled to dispense with an expensive body of keepers."
Repose-recover?
Discretion-?
gain-give?
expensive-a lot?
"To repose confidence in the understanding or discretion of a madman, is to gain him body
and soul. In this way we were enabled to dispense with an expensive body of keepers."
Repose-recover?
Discretion-?
gain-give?
expensive-a lot?