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Please can you help me? I am published a novel written by my late great-grandfather in 1920 in which he uses the latin phrase "quia multum possedit". I would be most appreciative if someone could give me an accurate translation.
In context:
"The only way to make absolutely sure of a peaceful home is to exclude one’s relations. My relations, that is, of course; yours are different, Helen.†(It was probably merely a coincidence that Helen’s relatives had money and were quite prosperous. She had, too, expectations from a wealthy but notoriously free living uncle who lived mysteriously abroad in some South American background, but whose sins were freely forgiven by the charitable quia multum possedit.)
I did post this quesiton in a forum some time ago but sadly I have lost the answer and that particular forum no longer exists.
Rob
In context:
"The only way to make absolutely sure of a peaceful home is to exclude one’s relations. My relations, that is, of course; yours are different, Helen.†(It was probably merely a coincidence that Helen’s relatives had money and were quite prosperous. She had, too, expectations from a wealthy but notoriously free living uncle who lived mysteriously abroad in some South American background, but whose sins were freely forgiven by the charitable quia multum possedit.)
I did post this quesiton in a forum some time ago but sadly I have lost the answer and that particular forum no longer exists.
Rob