There the matter may be left
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#1 09-Oct-2020, 15:44
There the matter may be left
What does "There the matter may be left" mean?
There the matter may be left. This history has endeavoured to show how special material signs have been granted by the invisible rulers of earth to satisfy the demand for material proofs which come from the increasing mentality of man....
"The History of Spiritualism," by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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#2 09-Oct-2020, 15:55Re: There the matter may be left
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#4 10-Oct-2020, 18:06Re: There the matter may be left
Whew! Well done, jacob 123. What are you going to read next?
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#5 10-Oct-2020, 21:26Re: There the matter may be left
I don't know. Everything except Conan Doyle for at least one year.
Originally Posted by jutfrank
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#6 10-Oct-2020, 22:39Re: There the matter may be left
It means: Now we can stop. Originally Posted by jacob123
Thank God.
What next? Faulkner? Pynchon? Chaucer? Finnegan's Wake?I'm not a teacher. I speak American English. I've tutored writing at the University of Southern Maine and have done a good deal of copy editing and writing, occasionally for publication.
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#7 11-Oct-2020, 15:54Re: There the matter may be left
The Sherlock Holmes books are great, though.
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#8 13-Oct-2020, 23:38Re: There the matter may be left
I love them. Originally Posted by Tdol
Can't wait to see what Jacob picks next.I'm not a teacher. I speak American English. I've tutored writing at the University of Southern Maine and have done a good deal of copy editing and writing, occasionally for publication.
