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Sister Carrie: A Novel
Sister Carrie: A Novel

Chapter VI · Chapter 6

Chapter 6 of Sister Carrie: A Novel is here in full — 343 sentences across 69 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Chapter 6 of Sister Carrie: A Novel by Theodore Dreiser holds 343 sentences, grouped into 69 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 343 sentences of Sister Carrie: A Novel, unabridged, divided into 69 reading sections.

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Caroline
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The true meaning of money yet remains to be popularly explained and comprehended.
When each individual realises for himself that this thing primarily stands for and should only be accepted as a moral duethat it should be paid out as honestly stored energy, and not as a usurped privilegemany of our social, religious, and political troubles will have permanently passed.
As for Carrie, her understanding of the moral significance of money was the popular understanding, nothing more.
The old definition: Money: something everybody else has and I must get,” would have expressed her understanding of it thoroughly.
Some of it she now held in her handtwo soft, green ten-dollar billsand she felt that she was immensely better off for the having of them.
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Sister Carrie: A Novel

Chapter VI · Chapter 6

Chapter 6 of Sister Carrie: A Novel is here in full — 343 sentences across 69 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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The true meaning of money yet remains to be popularly explained and comprehended.
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When each individual realises for himself that this thing primarily stands for and should only be accepted as a moral duethat it should be paid out as honestly stored energy, and not as a usurped privilegemany of our social, religious, and political troubles will have permanently passed.
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As for Carrie, her understanding of the moral significance of money was the popular understanding, nothing more.
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The old definition: “Money: something everybody else has and I must get,” would have expressed her understanding of it thoroughly.
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Some of it she now held in her handtwo soft, green ten-dollar billsand she felt that she was immensely better off for the having of them.
All words in this reading · 87

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a

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From this reading When each individual realises for himself that this thing primarily stands for and should only be accepted as a moral due—that it should be paid out as honestly stored energy, and not as a usurped privilege—many of our social, religious, and political troubles will have permanently passed.

accepted

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From this reading When each individual realises for himself that this thing primarily stands for and should only be accepted as a moral due—that it should be paid out as honestly stored energy, and not as a usurped privilege—many of our social, religious, and political troubles will have permanently passed.

and

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From this reading The true meaning of money yet remains to be popularly explained and comprehended.

as

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From this reading When each individual realises for himself that this thing primarily stands for and should only be accepted as a moral due—that it should be paid out as honestly stored energy, and not as a usurped privilege—many of our social, religious, and political troubles will have permanently passed.

be

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From this reading The true meaning of money yet remains to be popularly explained and comprehended.

better

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From this reading Some of it she now held in her hand—two soft, green ten-dollar bills—and she felt that she was immensely better off for the having of them.

bills

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From this reading Some of it she now held in her hand—two soft, green ten-dollar bills—and she felt that she was immensely better off for the having of them.

Carrie

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From this reading As for Carrie, her understanding of the moral significance of money was the popular understanding, nothing more.

comprehended

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From this reading The true meaning of money yet remains to be popularly explained and comprehended.

definition

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From this reading The old definition: “Money: something everybody else has and I must get,” would have expressed her understanding of it thoroughly.

due

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From this reading When each individual realises for himself that this thing primarily stands for and should only be accepted as a moral due—that it should be paid out as honestly stored energy, and not as a usurped privilege—many of our social, religious, and political troubles will have permanently passed.

each

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From this reading When each individual realises for himself that this thing primarily stands for and should only be accepted as a moral due—that it should be paid out as honestly stored energy, and not as a usurped privilege—many of our social, religious, and political troubles will have permanently passed.

else

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From this reading The old definition: “Money: something everybody else has and I must get,” would have expressed her understanding of it thoroughly.

energy

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From this reading When each individual realises for himself that this thing primarily stands for and should only be accepted as a moral due—that it should be paid out as honestly stored energy, and not as a usurped privilege—many of our social, religious, and political troubles will have permanently passed.

everybody

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From this reading The old definition: “Money: something everybody else has and I must get,” would have expressed her understanding of it thoroughly.

explained

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From this reading The true meaning of money yet remains to be popularly explained and comprehended.

expressed

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From this reading The old definition: “Money: something everybody else has and I must get,” would have expressed her understanding of it thoroughly.

felt

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From this reading Some of it she now held in her hand—two soft, green ten-dollar bills—and she felt that she was immensely better off for the having of them.

for

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From this reading When each individual realises for himself that this thing primarily stands for and should only be accepted as a moral due—that it should be paid out as honestly stored energy, and not as a usurped privilege—many of our social, religious, and political troubles will have permanently passed.

get

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From this reading The old definition: “Money: something everybody else has and I must get,” would have expressed her understanding of it thoroughly.

green

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From this reading Some of it she now held in her hand—two soft, green ten-dollar bills—and she felt that she was immensely better off for the having of them.

hand

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From this reading Some of it she now held in her hand—two soft, green ten-dollar bills—and she felt that she was immensely better off for the having of them.

has

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From this reading The old definition: “Money: something everybody else has and I must get,” would have expressed her understanding of it thoroughly.

have

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From this reading When each individual realises for himself that this thing primarily stands for and should only be accepted as a moral due—that it should be paid out as honestly stored energy, and not as a usurped privilege—many of our social, religious, and political troubles will have permanently passed.

having

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From this reading Some of it she now held in her hand—two soft, green ten-dollar bills—and she felt that she was immensely better off for the having of them.

held

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From this reading Some of it she now held in her hand—two soft, green ten-dollar bills—and she felt that she was immensely better off for the having of them.

her

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From this reading As for Carrie, her understanding of the moral significance of money was the popular understanding, nothing more.

himself

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From this reading When each individual realises for himself that this thing primarily stands for and should only be accepted as a moral due—that it should be paid out as honestly stored energy, and not as a usurped privilege—many of our social, religious, and political troubles will have permanently passed.

honestly

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From this reading When each individual realises for himself that this thing primarily stands for and should only be accepted as a moral due—that it should be paid out as honestly stored energy, and not as a usurped privilege—many of our social, religious, and political troubles will have permanently passed.

I

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From this reading The old definition: “Money: something everybody else has and I must get,” would have expressed her understanding of it thoroughly.

immensely

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From this reading Some of it she now held in her hand—two soft, green ten-dollar bills—and she felt that she was immensely better off for the having of them.

in

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From this reading Some of it she now held in her hand—two soft, green ten-dollar bills—and she felt that she was immensely better off for the having of them.

individual

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From this reading When each individual realises for himself that this thing primarily stands for and should only be accepted as a moral due—that it should be paid out as honestly stored energy, and not as a usurped privilege—many of our social, religious, and political troubles will have permanently passed.

it

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From this reading When each individual realises for himself that this thing primarily stands for and should only be accepted as a moral due—that it should be paid out as honestly stored energy, and not as a usurped privilege—many of our social, religious, and political troubles will have permanently passed.

many

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From this reading When each individual realises for himself that this thing primarily stands for and should only be accepted as a moral due—that it should be paid out as honestly stored energy, and not as a usurped privilege—many of our social, religious, and political troubles will have permanently passed.

meaning

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From this reading The true meaning of money yet remains to be popularly explained and comprehended.

money

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From this reading The true meaning of money yet remains to be popularly explained and comprehended.

moral

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From this reading When each individual realises for himself that this thing primarily stands for and should only be accepted as a moral due—that it should be paid out as honestly stored energy, and not as a usurped privilege—many of our social, religious, and political troubles will have permanently passed.

more

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From this reading As for Carrie, her understanding of the moral significance of money was the popular understanding, nothing more.

must

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From this reading The old definition: “Money: something everybody else has and I must get,” would have expressed her understanding of it thoroughly.

not

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From this reading When each individual realises for himself that this thing primarily stands for and should only be accepted as a moral due—that it should be paid out as honestly stored energy, and not as a usurped privilege—many of our social, religious, and political troubles will have permanently passed.

nothing

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From this reading As for Carrie, her understanding of the moral significance of money was the popular understanding, nothing more.

now

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From this reading Some of it she now held in her hand—two soft, green ten-dollar bills—and she felt that she was immensely better off for the having of them.

of

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From this reading The true meaning of money yet remains to be popularly explained and comprehended.

off

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From this reading Some of it she now held in her hand—two soft, green ten-dollar bills—and she felt that she was immensely better off for the having of them.

old

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From this reading The old definition: “Money: something everybody else has and I must get,” would have expressed her understanding of it thoroughly.

only

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From this reading When each individual realises for himself that this thing primarily stands for and should only be accepted as a moral due—that it should be paid out as honestly stored energy, and not as a usurped privilege—many of our social, religious, and political troubles will have permanently passed.

our

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From this reading When each individual realises for himself that this thing primarily stands for and should only be accepted as a moral due—that it should be paid out as honestly stored energy, and not as a usurped privilege—many of our social, religious, and political troubles will have permanently passed.

out

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From this reading When each individual realises for himself that this thing primarily stands for and should only be accepted as a moral due—that it should be paid out as honestly stored energy, and not as a usurped privilege—many of our social, religious, and political troubles will have permanently passed.

paid

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From this reading When each individual realises for himself that this thing primarily stands for and should only be accepted as a moral due—that it should be paid out as honestly stored energy, and not as a usurped privilege—many of our social, religious, and political troubles will have permanently passed.

passed

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From this reading When each individual realises for himself that this thing primarily stands for and should only be accepted as a moral due—that it should be paid out as honestly stored energy, and not as a usurped privilege—many of our social, religious, and political troubles will have permanently passed.

permanently

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From this reading When each individual realises for himself that this thing primarily stands for and should only be accepted as a moral due—that it should be paid out as honestly stored energy, and not as a usurped privilege—many of our social, religious, and political troubles will have permanently passed.

political

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From this reading When each individual realises for himself that this thing primarily stands for and should only be accepted as a moral due—that it should be paid out as honestly stored energy, and not as a usurped privilege—many of our social, religious, and political troubles will have permanently passed.

popular

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From this reading As for Carrie, her understanding of the moral significance of money was the popular understanding, nothing more.

popularly

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From this reading The true meaning of money yet remains to be popularly explained and comprehended.

primarily

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From this reading When each individual realises for himself that this thing primarily stands for and should only be accepted as a moral due—that it should be paid out as honestly stored energy, and not as a usurped privilege—many of our social, religious, and political troubles will have permanently passed.

privilege

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From this reading When each individual realises for himself that this thing primarily stands for and should only be accepted as a moral due—that it should be paid out as honestly stored energy, and not as a usurped privilege—many of our social, religious, and political troubles will have permanently passed.

realises

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From this reading When each individual realises for himself that this thing primarily stands for and should only be accepted as a moral due—that it should be paid out as honestly stored energy, and not as a usurped privilege—many of our social, religious, and political troubles will have permanently passed.

religious

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From this reading When each individual realises for himself that this thing primarily stands for and should only be accepted as a moral due—that it should be paid out as honestly stored energy, and not as a usurped privilege—many of our social, religious, and political troubles will have permanently passed.

remains

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From this reading The true meaning of money yet remains to be popularly explained and comprehended.

she

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From this reading Some of it she now held in her hand—two soft, green ten-dollar bills—and she felt that she was immensely better off for the having of them.

should

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From this reading When each individual realises for himself that this thing primarily stands for and should only be accepted as a moral due—that it should be paid out as honestly stored energy, and not as a usurped privilege—many of our social, religious, and political troubles will have permanently passed.

significance

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From this reading As for Carrie, her understanding of the moral significance of money was the popular understanding, nothing more.

social

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From this reading When each individual realises for himself that this thing primarily stands for and should only be accepted as a moral due—that it should be paid out as honestly stored energy, and not as a usurped privilege—many of our social, religious, and political troubles will have permanently passed.

soft

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From this reading Some of it she now held in her hand—two soft, green ten-dollar bills—and she felt that she was immensely better off for the having of them.

Some

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From this reading Some of it she now held in her hand—two soft, green ten-dollar bills—and she felt that she was immensely better off for the having of them.

something

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From this reading The old definition: “Money: something everybody else has and I must get,” would have expressed her understanding of it thoroughly.

stands

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From this reading When each individual realises for himself that this thing primarily stands for and should only be accepted as a moral due—that it should be paid out as honestly stored energy, and not as a usurped privilege—many of our social, religious, and political troubles will have permanently passed.

stored

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From this reading When each individual realises for himself that this thing primarily stands for and should only be accepted as a moral due—that it should be paid out as honestly stored energy, and not as a usurped privilege—many of our social, religious, and political troubles will have permanently passed.

ten-dollar

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From this reading Some of it she now held in her hand—two soft, green ten-dollar bills—and she felt that she was immensely better off for the having of them.

that

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From this reading When each individual realises for himself that this thing primarily stands for and should only be accepted as a moral due—that it should be paid out as honestly stored energy, and not as a usurped privilege—many of our social, religious, and political troubles will have permanently passed.

The

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From this reading The true meaning of money yet remains to be popularly explained and comprehended.

them

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From this reading Some of it she now held in her hand—two soft, green ten-dollar bills—and she felt that she was immensely better off for the having of them.

thing

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From this reading When each individual realises for himself that this thing primarily stands for and should only be accepted as a moral due—that it should be paid out as honestly stored energy, and not as a usurped privilege—many of our social, religious, and political troubles will have permanently passed.

this

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From this reading When each individual realises for himself that this thing primarily stands for and should only be accepted as a moral due—that it should be paid out as honestly stored energy, and not as a usurped privilege—many of our social, religious, and political troubles will have permanently passed.

thoroughly

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From this reading The old definition: “Money: something everybody else has and I must get,” would have expressed her understanding of it thoroughly.

to

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From this reading The true meaning of money yet remains to be popularly explained and comprehended.

troubles

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From this reading When each individual realises for himself that this thing primarily stands for and should only be accepted as a moral due—that it should be paid out as honestly stored energy, and not as a usurped privilege—many of our social, religious, and political troubles will have permanently passed.

true

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From this reading The true meaning of money yet remains to be popularly explained and comprehended.

two

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From this reading Some of it she now held in her hand—two soft, green ten-dollar bills—and she felt that she was immensely better off for the having of them.

understanding

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From this reading As for Carrie, her understanding of the moral significance of money was the popular understanding, nothing more.

usurped

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From this reading When each individual realises for himself that this thing primarily stands for and should only be accepted as a moral due—that it should be paid out as honestly stored energy, and not as a usurped privilege—many of our social, religious, and political troubles will have permanently passed.

was

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From this reading As for Carrie, her understanding of the moral significance of money was the popular understanding, nothing more.

When

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From this reading When each individual realises for himself that this thing primarily stands for and should only be accepted as a moral due—that it should be paid out as honestly stored energy, and not as a usurped privilege—many of our social, religious, and political troubles will have permanently passed.

will

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From this reading When each individual realises for himself that this thing primarily stands for and should only be accepted as a moral due—that it should be paid out as honestly stored energy, and not as a usurped privilege—many of our social, religious, and political troubles will have permanently passed.

would

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From this reading The old definition: “Money: something everybody else has and I must get,” would have expressed her understanding of it thoroughly.

yet

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From this reading The true meaning of money yet remains to be popularly explained and comprehended.