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1970-01-01yesterday at 9:43 PM2 repliesview on HN

>I, Charles Lounsberry, being of sound and disposing mind and memory...

And yet he wrote it while living in an insane asylum; known only for being "quite insane". The exact opposite of having a sound mind.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/disposing_mind_and_memory


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noworriesnateyesterday at 9:56 PM

To quote an old saying, you never miss the water 'till the well runs dry.

qjackyesterday at 9:53 PM

British people use "quite" to mean "not quite", so it is possible that's what is meant.

(Reading the paragraph over though, I don't think this is the case here.)

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