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The Conflict

Chapter VI · Chapter 6

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"That is Marx--Karl Marx."
Jane was so astonished by the face she was now seeing--the face of the girl--that she did not hear the reply.
The girl's hair and skin had reminded her of what Martha had told her about the Jewish, or half-Jewish, origin of Selma Gordon.
Thus, she assumed that she would see a frankly Jewish face.
Instead, the face looking at her from beneath the wealth of thick black hair, carelessly parted near the centre, was Russian--was Cossack--strange and primeval, intense, dark, as superbly alive as one of those exuberant tropical flowers that seem to cry out the mad joy of life.
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The Conflict

Chapter VI · Chapter 6

Chapter 6 of The Conflict is here in full — 218 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/43 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
"That is Marx--Karl Marx."
Line 2
Jane was so astonished by the face she was now seeing--the face of the girl--that she did not hear the reply.
Line 3
The girl's hair and skin had reminded her of what Martha had told her about the Jewish, or half-Jewish, origin of Selma Gordon.
Line 4
Thus, she assumed that she would see a frankly Jewish face.
Line 5
Instead, the face looking at her from beneath the wealth of thick black hair, carelessly parted near the centre, was Russian--was Cossack--strange and primeval, intense, dark, as superbly alive as one of those exuberant tropical flowers that seem to cry out the mad joy of life.

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Beneath preposition US /bɪˈniːθ/

Directly under; in or to a lower position than.

From this reading “Instead, the face looking at her from beneath the wealth of thick black hair, carelessly parted near the centre, was Russian--was Cossack--strange and primeval, intense, dark, as superbly alive as one of those exuberant tropical flowers that seem to cry out the mad joy of life.”

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a

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From this reading Thus, she assumed that she would see a frankly Jewish face.

about

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From this reading The girl's hair and skin had reminded her of what Martha had told her about the Jewish, or half-Jewish, origin of Selma Gordon.

alive

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From this reading Instead, the face looking at her from beneath the wealth of thick black hair, carelessly parted near the centre, was Russian--was Cossack--strange and primeval, intense, dark, as superbly alive as one of those exuberant tropical flowers that seem to cry out the mad joy of life.

and

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From this reading The girl's hair and skin had reminded her of what Martha had told her about the Jewish, or half-Jewish, origin of Selma Gordon.

as

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From this reading Instead, the face looking at her from beneath the wealth of thick black hair, carelessly parted near the centre, was Russian--was Cossack--strange and primeval, intense, dark, as superbly alive as one of those exuberant tropical flowers that seem to cry out the mad joy of life.

assumed

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From this reading Thus, she assumed that she would see a frankly Jewish face.

astonished

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From this reading Jane was so astonished by the face she was now seeing--the face of the girl--that she did not hear the reply.

at

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From this reading Instead, the face looking at her from beneath the wealth of thick black hair, carelessly parted near the centre, was Russian--was Cossack--strange and primeval, intense, dark, as superbly alive as one of those exuberant tropical flowers that seem to cry out the mad joy of life.

beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/

Directly under; in or to a lower position than.

From this reading Instead, the face looking at her from beneath the wealth of thick black hair, carelessly parted near the centre, was Russian--was Cossack--strange and primeval, intense, dark, as superbly alive as one of those exuberant tropical flowers that seem to cry out the mad joy of life.

black

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From this reading Instead, the face looking at her from beneath the wealth of thick black hair, carelessly parted near the centre, was Russian--was Cossack--strange and primeval, intense, dark, as superbly alive as one of those exuberant tropical flowers that seem to cry out the mad joy of life.

by

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From this reading Jane was so astonished by the face she was now seeing--the face of the girl--that she did not hear the reply.

carelessly

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From this reading Instead, the face looking at her from beneath the wealth of thick black hair, carelessly parted near the centre, was Russian--was Cossack--strange and primeval, intense, dark, as superbly alive as one of those exuberant tropical flowers that seem to cry out the mad joy of life.

centre

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From this reading Instead, the face looking at her from beneath the wealth of thick black hair, carelessly parted near the centre, was Russian--was Cossack--strange and primeval, intense, dark, as superbly alive as one of those exuberant tropical flowers that seem to cry out the mad joy of life.

Cossack

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From this reading Instead, the face looking at her from beneath the wealth of thick black hair, carelessly parted near the centre, was Russian--was Cossack--strange and primeval, intense, dark, as superbly alive as one of those exuberant tropical flowers that seem to cry out the mad joy of life.

cry

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From this reading Instead, the face looking at her from beneath the wealth of thick black hair, carelessly parted near the centre, was Russian--was Cossack--strange and primeval, intense, dark, as superbly alive as one of those exuberant tropical flowers that seem to cry out the mad joy of life.

dark

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From this reading Instead, the face looking at her from beneath the wealth of thick black hair, carelessly parted near the centre, was Russian--was Cossack--strange and primeval, intense, dark, as superbly alive as one of those exuberant tropical flowers that seem to cry out the mad joy of life.

did

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From this reading Jane was so astonished by the face she was now seeing--the face of the girl--that she did not hear the reply.

exuberant

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From this reading Instead, the face looking at her from beneath the wealth of thick black hair, carelessly parted near the centre, was Russian--was Cossack--strange and primeval, intense, dark, as superbly alive as one of those exuberant tropical flowers that seem to cry out the mad joy of life.

face

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From this reading Jane was so astonished by the face she was now seeing--the face of the girl--that she did not hear the reply.

flowers

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From this reading Instead, the face looking at her from beneath the wealth of thick black hair, carelessly parted near the centre, was Russian--was Cossack--strange and primeval, intense, dark, as superbly alive as one of those exuberant tropical flowers that seem to cry out the mad joy of life.

frankly

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From this reading Thus, she assumed that she would see a frankly Jewish face.

from

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From this reading Instead, the face looking at her from beneath the wealth of thick black hair, carelessly parted near the centre, was Russian--was Cossack--strange and primeval, intense, dark, as superbly alive as one of those exuberant tropical flowers that seem to cry out the mad joy of life.

girl

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From this reading Jane was so astonished by the face she was now seeing--the face of the girl--that she did not hear the reply.

girl's

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From this reading The girl's hair and skin had reminded her of what Martha had told her about the Jewish, or half-Jewish, origin of Selma Gordon.

Gordon

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From this reading The girl's hair and skin had reminded her of what Martha had told her about the Jewish, or half-Jewish, origin of Selma Gordon.

had

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From this reading The girl's hair and skin had reminded her of what Martha had told her about the Jewish, or half-Jewish, origin of Selma Gordon.

hair

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From this reading The girl's hair and skin had reminded her of what Martha had told her about the Jewish, or half-Jewish, origin of Selma Gordon.

half-Jewish

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From this reading The girl's hair and skin had reminded her of what Martha had told her about the Jewish, or half-Jewish, origin of Selma Gordon.

hear

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From this reading Jane was so astonished by the face she was now seeing--the face of the girl--that she did not hear the reply.

her

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From this reading The girl's hair and skin had reminded her of what Martha had told her about the Jewish, or half-Jewish, origin of Selma Gordon.

Instead

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From this reading Instead, the face looking at her from beneath the wealth of thick black hair, carelessly parted near the centre, was Russian--was Cossack--strange and primeval, intense, dark, as superbly alive as one of those exuberant tropical flowers that seem to cry out the mad joy of life.

intense

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From this reading Instead, the face looking at her from beneath the wealth of thick black hair, carelessly parted near the centre, was Russian--was Cossack--strange and primeval, intense, dark, as superbly alive as one of those exuberant tropical flowers that seem to cry out the mad joy of life.

is

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From this reading "That is Marx--Karl Marx."

Jane

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From this reading Jane was so astonished by the face she was now seeing--the face of the girl--that she did not hear the reply.

Jewish

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The girl's hair and skin had reminded her of what Martha had told her about the Jewish, or half-Jewish, origin of Selma Gordon.

joy

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From this reading Instead, the face looking at her from beneath the wealth of thick black hair, carelessly parted near the centre, was Russian--was Cossack--strange and primeval, intense, dark, as superbly alive as one of those exuberant tropical flowers that seem to cry out the mad joy of life.

Karl

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From this reading "That is Marx--Karl Marx."

life

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From this reading Instead, the face looking at her from beneath the wealth of thick black hair, carelessly parted near the centre, was Russian--was Cossack--strange and primeval, intense, dark, as superbly alive as one of those exuberant tropical flowers that seem to cry out the mad joy of life.

looking

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From this reading Instead, the face looking at her from beneath the wealth of thick black hair, carelessly parted near the centre, was Russian--was Cossack--strange and primeval, intense, dark, as superbly alive as one of those exuberant tropical flowers that seem to cry out the mad joy of life.

mad

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From this reading Instead, the face looking at her from beneath the wealth of thick black hair, carelessly parted near the centre, was Russian--was Cossack--strange and primeval, intense, dark, as superbly alive as one of those exuberant tropical flowers that seem to cry out the mad joy of life.

Martha

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The girl's hair and skin had reminded her of what Martha had told her about the Jewish, or half-Jewish, origin of Selma Gordon.

Marx

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From this reading "That is Marx--Karl Marx."

near

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From this reading Instead, the face looking at her from beneath the wealth of thick black hair, carelessly parted near the centre, was Russian--was Cossack--strange and primeval, intense, dark, as superbly alive as one of those exuberant tropical flowers that seem to cry out the mad joy of life.

not

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From this reading Jane was so astonished by the face she was now seeing--the face of the girl--that she did not hear the reply.

now

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From this reading Jane was so astonished by the face she was now seeing--the face of the girl--that she did not hear the reply.

of

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From this reading Jane was so astonished by the face she was now seeing--the face of the girl--that she did not hear the reply.

one

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From this reading Instead, the face looking at her from beneath the wealth of thick black hair, carelessly parted near the centre, was Russian--was Cossack--strange and primeval, intense, dark, as superbly alive as one of those exuberant tropical flowers that seem to cry out the mad joy of life.

or

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From this reading The girl's hair and skin had reminded her of what Martha had told her about the Jewish, or half-Jewish, origin of Selma Gordon.

origin

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From this reading The girl's hair and skin had reminded her of what Martha had told her about the Jewish, or half-Jewish, origin of Selma Gordon.

out

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From this reading Instead, the face looking at her from beneath the wealth of thick black hair, carelessly parted near the centre, was Russian--was Cossack--strange and primeval, intense, dark, as superbly alive as one of those exuberant tropical flowers that seem to cry out the mad joy of life.

parted

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From this reading Instead, the face looking at her from beneath the wealth of thick black hair, carelessly parted near the centre, was Russian--was Cossack--strange and primeval, intense, dark, as superbly alive as one of those exuberant tropical flowers that seem to cry out the mad joy of life.

primeval

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From this reading Instead, the face looking at her from beneath the wealth of thick black hair, carelessly parted near the centre, was Russian--was Cossack--strange and primeval, intense, dark, as superbly alive as one of those exuberant tropical flowers that seem to cry out the mad joy of life.

reminded

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From this reading The girl's hair and skin had reminded her of what Martha had told her about the Jewish, or half-Jewish, origin of Selma Gordon.

reply

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From this reading Jane was so astonished by the face she was now seeing--the face of the girl--that she did not hear the reply.

Russian

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From this reading Instead, the face looking at her from beneath the wealth of thick black hair, carelessly parted near the centre, was Russian--was Cossack--strange and primeval, intense, dark, as superbly alive as one of those exuberant tropical flowers that seem to cry out the mad joy of life.

see

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From this reading Thus, she assumed that she would see a frankly Jewish face.

seeing

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From this reading Jane was so astonished by the face she was now seeing--the face of the girl--that she did not hear the reply.

seem

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From this reading Instead, the face looking at her from beneath the wealth of thick black hair, carelessly parted near the centre, was Russian--was Cossack--strange and primeval, intense, dark, as superbly alive as one of those exuberant tropical flowers that seem to cry out the mad joy of life.

Selma

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From this reading The girl's hair and skin had reminded her of what Martha had told her about the Jewish, or half-Jewish, origin of Selma Gordon.

she

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Jane was so astonished by the face she was now seeing--the face of the girl--that she did not hear the reply.

skin

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The girl's hair and skin had reminded her of what Martha had told her about the Jewish, or half-Jewish, origin of Selma Gordon.

so

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From this reading Jane was so astonished by the face she was now seeing--the face of the girl--that she did not hear the reply.

strange

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From this reading Instead, the face looking at her from beneath the wealth of thick black hair, carelessly parted near the centre, was Russian--was Cossack--strange and primeval, intense, dark, as superbly alive as one of those exuberant tropical flowers that seem to cry out the mad joy of life.

superbly

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From this reading Instead, the face looking at her from beneath the wealth of thick black hair, carelessly parted near the centre, was Russian--was Cossack--strange and primeval, intense, dark, as superbly alive as one of those exuberant tropical flowers that seem to cry out the mad joy of life.

That

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From this reading "That is Marx--Karl Marx."

the

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From this reading Jane was so astonished by the face she was now seeing--the face of the girl--that she did not hear the reply.

thick

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From this reading Instead, the face looking at her from beneath the wealth of thick black hair, carelessly parted near the centre, was Russian--was Cossack--strange and primeval, intense, dark, as superbly alive as one of those exuberant tropical flowers that seem to cry out the mad joy of life.

those

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From this reading Instead, the face looking at her from beneath the wealth of thick black hair, carelessly parted near the centre, was Russian--was Cossack--strange and primeval, intense, dark, as superbly alive as one of those exuberant tropical flowers that seem to cry out the mad joy of life.

Thus

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From this reading Thus, she assumed that she would see a frankly Jewish face.

to

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From this reading Instead, the face looking at her from beneath the wealth of thick black hair, carelessly parted near the centre, was Russian--was Cossack--strange and primeval, intense, dark, as superbly alive as one of those exuberant tropical flowers that seem to cry out the mad joy of life.

told

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From this reading The girl's hair and skin had reminded her of what Martha had told her about the Jewish, or half-Jewish, origin of Selma Gordon.

tropical

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From this reading Instead, the face looking at her from beneath the wealth of thick black hair, carelessly parted near the centre, was Russian--was Cossack--strange and primeval, intense, dark, as superbly alive as one of those exuberant tropical flowers that seem to cry out the mad joy of life.

was

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From this reading Jane was so astonished by the face she was now seeing--the face of the girl--that she did not hear the reply.

wealth

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From this reading Instead, the face looking at her from beneath the wealth of thick black hair, carelessly parted near the centre, was Russian--was Cossack--strange and primeval, intense, dark, as superbly alive as one of those exuberant tropical flowers that seem to cry out the mad joy of life.

what

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From this reading The girl's hair and skin had reminded her of what Martha had told her about the Jewish, or half-Jewish, origin of Selma Gordon.

would

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From this reading Thus, she assumed that she would see a frankly Jewish face.

Chapter 6 of The Conflict by David Graham Phillips holds 218 sentences, grouped into 44 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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