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Chapter VI · Chapter 6

Chapter 6 of Active Service is here in full — 127 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Stephen Crane • Curated US English Learning Edition

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Six weeks later, Coleman went to the office of the proprietor of the Eclipse.

Coleman was one of those smooth-shaven old-young men who wear upon some occasions a singular air of temperance and purity.

At these times, his features lost their quality of worldly shrewdness and endless suspicion and bloomed as the face of some innocent boy.

It then would be hard to tell that he had ever encountered even such a crime as a lie or a cigarette.

As he walked into the proprietor's office he was a perfect semblance of a fine, inexperienced youth.

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Active Service Stephen Crane

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Chapter VI

Chapter 6

Chapter 6 of Active Service is here in full — 127 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Six weeks later, Coleman went to the office of the proprietor of the Eclipse. Coleman was one of those smooth-shaven old-young men who wear upon some occasions a singular air of temperance and purity. At these times, his features lost their quality of worldly shrewdness and endless suspicion and bloomed as the face of some innocent boy. It then would be hard to tell that he had ever encountered even such a crime as a lie or a cigarette. As he walked into the proprietor's office he was a perfect semblance of a fine, inexperienced youth.

Active Service

Chapter VI · Chapter 6

Chapter 6 of Active Service is here in full — 127 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Six weeks later, Coleman went to the office of the proprietor of the Eclipse.

Line 2

Coleman was one of those smooth-shaven old-young men who wear upon some occasions a singular air of temperance and purity.

Line 3

At these times, his features lost their quality of worldly shrewdness and endless suspicion and bloomed as the face of some innocent boy.

Line 4

It then would be hard to tell that he had ever encountered even such a crime as a lie or a cigarette.

Line 5

As he walked into the proprietor's office he was a perfect semblance of a fine, inexperienced youth.

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air

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and

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as

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At

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be

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bloomed

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boy

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cigarette

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Coleman

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crime

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Eclipse

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encountered

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endless

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even

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ever

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face

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features

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fine

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had

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hard

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he

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his

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inexperienced

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innocent

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into

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It

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later

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lie

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lost

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men

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From this reading Coleman was one of those smooth-shaven old-young men who wear upon some occasions a singular air of temperance and purity.

occasions

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of

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office

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old-young

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one

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or

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perfect

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proprietor

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proprietor's

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purity

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quality

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semblance

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shrewdness

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singular

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Six

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smooth-shaven

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some

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such

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suspicion

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From this reading At these times, his features lost their quality of worldly shrewdness and endless suspicion and bloomed as the face of some innocent boy.

tell

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From this reading It then would be hard to tell that he had ever encountered even such a crime as a lie or a cigarette.

temperance

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that

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the

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From this reading Six weeks later, Coleman went to the office of the proprietor of the Eclipse.

their

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From this reading At these times, his features lost their quality of worldly shrewdness and endless suspicion and bloomed as the face of some innocent boy.

then

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From this reading It then would be hard to tell that he had ever encountered even such a crime as a lie or a cigarette.

these

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From this reading At these times, his features lost their quality of worldly shrewdness and endless suspicion and bloomed as the face of some innocent boy.

those

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From this reading Coleman was one of those smooth-shaven old-young men who wear upon some occasions a singular air of temperance and purity.

times

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From this reading At these times, his features lost their quality of worldly shrewdness and endless suspicion and bloomed as the face of some innocent boy.

to

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From this reading Six weeks later, Coleman went to the office of the proprietor of the Eclipse.

upon

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From this reading Coleman was one of those smooth-shaven old-young men who wear upon some occasions a singular air of temperance and purity.

walked

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was

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From this reading Coleman was one of those smooth-shaven old-young men who wear upon some occasions a singular air of temperance and purity.

wear

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weeks

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went

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who

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From this reading Coleman was one of those smooth-shaven old-young men who wear upon some occasions a singular air of temperance and purity.

worldly

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would

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youth

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From this reading As he walked into the proprietor's office he was a perfect semblance of a fine, inexperienced youth.

Chapter 6 of Active Service by Stephen Crane holds 127 sentences, grouped into 26 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

What does chapter 6 of Active Service contain?

Chapter 6 holds 127 sentences of Active Service, unabridged, divided into 26 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 6 of Active Service by Stephen Crane exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 127 sentences, grouped into 26 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.

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Vocabulary met early in Active Service

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Marjory: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Active Service; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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