[Vocabulary] There the matter may be left

[jacob123]

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

 

[PeterCW]

It means, I hope, that he has no more material to confuse you, and us, with.

 

[GoesStation]

Hear hear!

 

[jutfrank]

Whew! Well done, jacob 123. What are you going to read next?

 

[jacob123]

Whew! Well done, jacob 123. What are you going to read next?

I don't know. Everything except Conan Doyle for at least one year.:-D

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

What does "There the matter may be left" mean? . . .

It means: Now we can stop.

Thank God.

What next? Faulkner? Pynchon? Chaucer? Finnegan's Wake?

 

[Tdol]

The Sherlock Holmes books are great, though.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

The Sherlock Holmes books are great, though.

I love them.

Can't wait to see what Jacob picks next.