Mixed Feelings

"It had always been a notion of [Sam's] that the kindness of dear Mr. Frodo was of such a high degree that it must imply a fair measure of blindness. Of course, he also firmly held the incompatible belief that Mr. Frodo was the wisest person in the world (with the possible exception of Old Mr. Bilbo and of Gandalf)."

-- Tolkien,  LotR at IV.3.

The sailors "regarded [Dr Maturin] as a very valuable creature, but as one unaccountable for his actions outside the sickbay or the cockpit, being brutally ignorant of everything to do with the sea -- could scarely tell the difference between port and starboard, right and wrong -- almost an innocent, as one might say.  A gentleman to be boasted of, being a genuine physician as well as the boldest hand with a saw in the fleet, but to be concealed from view as much as possible, when in company with other ships."
-- O'Brian, Desolation Island p. 101.