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From the Earth to the moon
From the Earth to the moon

Chapter V · Chapter 5

Chapter 6 of From the Earth to the moon is here in full — 43 sentences across 9 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Chapter 6 of From the Earth to the moon by Jules Verne holds 43 sentences, grouped into 9 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.

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Chapter 6 holds 43 sentences of From the Earth to the moon, unabridged, divided into 9 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 6 of From the Earth to the moon by Jules Verne exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 43 sentences, grouped into 9 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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Earth
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During
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Rebellion
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Influential
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PERMISSIVE LIMITS OF IGNORANCE AND BELIEF IN THE UNITED STATES
The immediate result of Barbicane’s proposition was to place upon the orders of the day all the astronomical facts relative to the Queen of the Night.
Everybody set to work to study assiduously.
One would have thought that the moon had just appeared for the first time, and that no one had ever before caught a glimpse of her in the heavens.
The papers revived all the old anecdotes in which the sun of the wolves played a part; they recalled the influences which the ignorance of past ages ascribed to her; in short, all America was seized with selenomania, or had become moon-mad.
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From the Earth to the moon

Chapter V · Chapter 5

Chapter 6 of From the Earth to the moon is here in full — 43 sentences across 9 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/9 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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PERMISSIVE LIMITS OF IGNORANCE AND BELIEF IN THE UNITED STATES
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The immediate result of Barbicane’s proposition was to place upon the orders of the day all the astronomical facts relative to the Queen of the Night.
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Everybody set to work to study assiduously.
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One would have thought that the moon had just appeared for the first time, and that no one had ever before caught a glimpse of her in the heavens.
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The papers revived all the old anecdotes in which thesun of the wolvesplayed a part; they recalled the influences which the ignorance of past ages ascribed to her; in short, all America was seized with selenomania, or had become moon-mad.
All words in this reading · 74

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a

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From this reading One would have thought that the moon had just appeared for the first time, and that no one had ever before caught a glimpse of her in the heavens.

ages

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From this reading The papers revived all the old anecdotes in which the “sun of the wolves” played a part; they recalled the influences which the ignorance of past ages ascribed to her; in short, all America was seized with selenomania, or had become moon-mad.

all

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From this reading The immediate result of Barbicane’s proposition was to place upon the orders of the day all the astronomical facts relative to the Queen of the Night.

America

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From this reading The papers revived all the old anecdotes in which the “sun of the wolves” played a part; they recalled the influences which the ignorance of past ages ascribed to her; in short, all America was seized with selenomania, or had become moon-mad.

AND

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From this reading PERMISSIVE LIMITS OF IGNORANCE AND BELIEF IN THE UNITED STATES

anecdotes

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From this reading The papers revived all the old anecdotes in which the “sun of the wolves” played a part; they recalled the influences which the ignorance of past ages ascribed to her; in short, all America was seized with selenomania, or had become moon-mad.

appeared

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From this reading One would have thought that the moon had just appeared for the first time, and that no one had ever before caught a glimpse of her in the heavens.

ascribed

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From this reading The papers revived all the old anecdotes in which the “sun of the wolves” played a part; they recalled the influences which the ignorance of past ages ascribed to her; in short, all America was seized with selenomania, or had become moon-mad.

assiduously

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From this reading Everybody set to work to study assiduously.

astronomical

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From this reading The immediate result of Barbicane’s proposition was to place upon the orders of the day all the astronomical facts relative to the Queen of the Night.

Barbicane's

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From this reading The immediate result of Barbicane’s proposition was to place upon the orders of the day all the astronomical facts relative to the Queen of the Night.

become

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From this reading The papers revived all the old anecdotes in which the “sun of the wolves” played a part; they recalled the influences which the ignorance of past ages ascribed to her; in short, all America was seized with selenomania, or had become moon-mad.

before

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From this reading One would have thought that the moon had just appeared for the first time, and that no one had ever before caught a glimpse of her in the heavens.

BELIEF

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From this reading PERMISSIVE LIMITS OF IGNORANCE AND BELIEF IN THE UNITED STATES

caught

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From this reading One would have thought that the moon had just appeared for the first time, and that no one had ever before caught a glimpse of her in the heavens.

day

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From this reading The immediate result of Barbicane’s proposition was to place upon the orders of the day all the astronomical facts relative to the Queen of the Night.

ever

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From this reading One would have thought that the moon had just appeared for the first time, and that no one had ever before caught a glimpse of her in the heavens.

Everybody

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From this reading Everybody set to work to study assiduously.

facts

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From this reading The immediate result of Barbicane’s proposition was to place upon the orders of the day all the astronomical facts relative to the Queen of the Night.

first

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From this reading One would have thought that the moon had just appeared for the first time, and that no one had ever before caught a glimpse of her in the heavens.

for

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From this reading One would have thought that the moon had just appeared for the first time, and that no one had ever before caught a glimpse of her in the heavens.

glimpse

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From this reading One would have thought that the moon had just appeared for the first time, and that no one had ever before caught a glimpse of her in the heavens.

had

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From this reading One would have thought that the moon had just appeared for the first time, and that no one had ever before caught a glimpse of her in the heavens.

have

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From this reading One would have thought that the moon had just appeared for the first time, and that no one had ever before caught a glimpse of her in the heavens.

heavens

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From this reading One would have thought that the moon had just appeared for the first time, and that no one had ever before caught a glimpse of her in the heavens.

her

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From this reading One would have thought that the moon had just appeared for the first time, and that no one had ever before caught a glimpse of her in the heavens.

IGNORANCE

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From this reading PERMISSIVE LIMITS OF IGNORANCE AND BELIEF IN THE UNITED STATES

immediate

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From this reading The immediate result of Barbicane’s proposition was to place upon the orders of the day all the astronomical facts relative to the Queen of the Night.

IN

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From this reading PERMISSIVE LIMITS OF IGNORANCE AND BELIEF IN THE UNITED STATES

influences

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From this reading The papers revived all the old anecdotes in which the “sun of the wolves” played a part; they recalled the influences which the ignorance of past ages ascribed to her; in short, all America was seized with selenomania, or had become moon-mad.

just

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From this reading One would have thought that the moon had just appeared for the first time, and that no one had ever before caught a glimpse of her in the heavens.

LIMITS

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From this reading PERMISSIVE LIMITS OF IGNORANCE AND BELIEF IN THE UNITED STATES

moon

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From this reading One would have thought that the moon had just appeared for the first time, and that no one had ever before caught a glimpse of her in the heavens.

moon-mad

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From this reading The papers revived all the old anecdotes in which the “sun of the wolves” played a part; they recalled the influences which the ignorance of past ages ascribed to her; in short, all America was seized with selenomania, or had become moon-mad.

Night

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From this reading The immediate result of Barbicane’s proposition was to place upon the orders of the day all the astronomical facts relative to the Queen of the Night.

no

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From this reading One would have thought that the moon had just appeared for the first time, and that no one had ever before caught a glimpse of her in the heavens.

OF

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From this reading PERMISSIVE LIMITS OF IGNORANCE AND BELIEF IN THE UNITED STATES

old

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From this reading The papers revived all the old anecdotes in which the “sun of the wolves” played a part; they recalled the influences which the ignorance of past ages ascribed to her; in short, all America was seized with selenomania, or had become moon-mad.

One

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From this reading One would have thought that the moon had just appeared for the first time, and that no one had ever before caught a glimpse of her in the heavens.

or

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From this reading The papers revived all the old anecdotes in which the “sun of the wolves” played a part; they recalled the influences which the ignorance of past ages ascribed to her; in short, all America was seized with selenomania, or had become moon-mad.

orders

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From this reading The immediate result of Barbicane’s proposition was to place upon the orders of the day all the astronomical facts relative to the Queen of the Night.

papers

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From this reading The papers revived all the old anecdotes in which the “sun of the wolves” played a part; they recalled the influences which the ignorance of past ages ascribed to her; in short, all America was seized with selenomania, or had become moon-mad.

part

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From this reading The papers revived all the old anecdotes in which the “sun of the wolves” played a part; they recalled the influences which the ignorance of past ages ascribed to her; in short, all America was seized with selenomania, or had become moon-mad.

past

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From this reading The papers revived all the old anecdotes in which the “sun of the wolves” played a part; they recalled the influences which the ignorance of past ages ascribed to her; in short, all America was seized with selenomania, or had become moon-mad.

PERMISSIVE

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From this reading PERMISSIVE LIMITS OF IGNORANCE AND BELIEF IN THE UNITED STATES

place

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From this reading The immediate result of Barbicane’s proposition was to place upon the orders of the day all the astronomical facts relative to the Queen of the Night.

played

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From this reading The papers revived all the old anecdotes in which the “sun of the wolves” played a part; they recalled the influences which the ignorance of past ages ascribed to her; in short, all America was seized with selenomania, or had become moon-mad.

proposition

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From this reading The immediate result of Barbicane’s proposition was to place upon the orders of the day all the astronomical facts relative to the Queen of the Night.

Queen

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From this reading The immediate result of Barbicane’s proposition was to place upon the orders of the day all the astronomical facts relative to the Queen of the Night.

recalled

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From this reading The papers revived all the old anecdotes in which the “sun of the wolves” played a part; they recalled the influences which the ignorance of past ages ascribed to her; in short, all America was seized with selenomania, or had become moon-mad.

relative

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From this reading The immediate result of Barbicane’s proposition was to place upon the orders of the day all the astronomical facts relative to the Queen of the Night.

result

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From this reading The immediate result of Barbicane’s proposition was to place upon the orders of the day all the astronomical facts relative to the Queen of the Night.

revived

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From this reading The papers revived all the old anecdotes in which the “sun of the wolves” played a part; they recalled the influences which the ignorance of past ages ascribed to her; in short, all America was seized with selenomania, or had become moon-mad.

seized

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From this reading The papers revived all the old anecdotes in which the “sun of the wolves” played a part; they recalled the influences which the ignorance of past ages ascribed to her; in short, all America was seized with selenomania, or had become moon-mad.

selenomania

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From this reading The papers revived all the old anecdotes in which the “sun of the wolves” played a part; they recalled the influences which the ignorance of past ages ascribed to her; in short, all America was seized with selenomania, or had become moon-mad.

set

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From this reading Everybody set to work to study assiduously.

short

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From this reading The papers revived all the old anecdotes in which the “sun of the wolves” played a part; they recalled the influences which the ignorance of past ages ascribed to her; in short, all America was seized with selenomania, or had become moon-mad.

STATES

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From this reading PERMISSIVE LIMITS OF IGNORANCE AND BELIEF IN THE UNITED STATES

study

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From this reading Everybody set to work to study assiduously.

sun

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From this reading The papers revived all the old anecdotes in which the “sun of the wolves” played a part; they recalled the influences which the ignorance of past ages ascribed to her; in short, all America was seized with selenomania, or had become moon-mad.

that

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From this reading One would have thought that the moon had just appeared for the first time, and that no one had ever before caught a glimpse of her in the heavens.

THE

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From this reading PERMISSIVE LIMITS OF IGNORANCE AND BELIEF IN THE UNITED STATES

they

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From this reading The papers revived all the old anecdotes in which the “sun of the wolves” played a part; they recalled the influences which the ignorance of past ages ascribed to her; in short, all America was seized with selenomania, or had become moon-mad.

thought

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From this reading One would have thought that the moon had just appeared for the first time, and that no one had ever before caught a glimpse of her in the heavens.

time

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From this reading One would have thought that the moon had just appeared for the first time, and that no one had ever before caught a glimpse of her in the heavens.

to

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From this reading The immediate result of Barbicane’s proposition was to place upon the orders of the day all the astronomical facts relative to the Queen of the Night.

UNITED

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From this reading PERMISSIVE LIMITS OF IGNORANCE AND BELIEF IN THE UNITED STATES

upon

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From this reading The immediate result of Barbicane’s proposition was to place upon the orders of the day all the astronomical facts relative to the Queen of the Night.

was

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From this reading The immediate result of Barbicane’s proposition was to place upon the orders of the day all the astronomical facts relative to the Queen of the Night.

which

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From this reading The papers revived all the old anecdotes in which the “sun of the wolves” played a part; they recalled the influences which the ignorance of past ages ascribed to her; in short, all America was seized with selenomania, or had become moon-mad.

with

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From this reading The papers revived all the old anecdotes in which the “sun of the wolves” played a part; they recalled the influences which the ignorance of past ages ascribed to her; in short, all America was seized with selenomania, or had become moon-mad.

wolves

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From this reading The papers revived all the old anecdotes in which the “sun of the wolves” played a part; they recalled the influences which the ignorance of past ages ascribed to her; in short, all America was seized with selenomania, or had become moon-mad.

work

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From this reading Everybody set to work to study assiduously.

would

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From this reading One would have thought that the moon had just appeared for the first time, and that no one had ever before caught a glimpse of her in the heavens.