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The Conflict

Chapter XXXIII · Chapter 33

Chapter 33 of The Conflict is here in full — 212 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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"I don't see how you can endure that fellow Charlton.
They say he's as big a crank in medicine as he is in politics."
"It's all of a piece," said Jane, tranquilly.
"He says he gets his political views from his medicine and his medical ideas from his politics."
"Don't you think he's a frightful bounder?"
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The Conflict

Chapter XXXIII · Chapter 33

Chapter 33 of The Conflict is here in full — 212 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/42 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
"I don't see how you can endure that fellow Charlton.
Line 2
They say he's as big a crank in medicine as he is in politics."
Line 3
"It's all of a piece," said Jane, tranquilly.
Line 4
"He says he gets his political views from his medicine and his medical ideas from his politics."
Line 5
"Don't you think he's a frightful bounder?"

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a

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From this reading They say he's as big a crank in medicine as he is in politics."

all

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From this reading "It's all of a piece," said Jane, tranquilly.

and

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From this reading "He says he gets his political views from his medicine and his medical ideas from his politics."

as

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From this reading They say he's as big a crank in medicine as he is in politics."

big

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From this reading They say he's as big a crank in medicine as he is in politics."

bounder

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From this reading "Don't you think he's a frightful bounder?"

can

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From this reading "I don't see how you can endure that fellow Charlton.

Charlton

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From this reading "I don't see how you can endure that fellow Charlton.

crank

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From this reading They say he's as big a crank in medicine as he is in politics."

don't

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From this reading "I don't see how you can endure that fellow Charlton.

endure

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From this reading "I don't see how you can endure that fellow Charlton.

fellow

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From this reading "I don't see how you can endure that fellow Charlton.

frightful

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From this reading "Don't you think he's a frightful bounder?"

from

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From this reading "He says he gets his political views from his medicine and his medical ideas from his politics."

gets

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From this reading "He says he gets his political views from his medicine and his medical ideas from his politics."

he

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From this reading They say he's as big a crank in medicine as he is in politics."

he's

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From this reading They say he's as big a crank in medicine as he is in politics."

his

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From this reading "He says he gets his political views from his medicine and his medical ideas from his politics."

how

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From this reading "I don't see how you can endure that fellow Charlton.

I

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From this reading "I don't see how you can endure that fellow Charlton.

ideas

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From this reading "He says he gets his political views from his medicine and his medical ideas from his politics."

in

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From this reading They say he's as big a crank in medicine as he is in politics."

is

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From this reading They say he's as big a crank in medicine as he is in politics."

It's

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From this reading "It's all of a piece," said Jane, tranquilly.

Jane

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From this reading "It's all of a piece," said Jane, tranquilly.

medical

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From this reading "He says he gets his political views from his medicine and his medical ideas from his politics."

medicine

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From this reading They say he's as big a crank in medicine as he is in politics."

of

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From this reading "It's all of a piece," said Jane, tranquilly.

piece

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From this reading "It's all of a piece," said Jane, tranquilly.

political

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From this reading "He says he gets his political views from his medicine and his medical ideas from his politics."

politics

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From this reading They say he's as big a crank in medicine as he is in politics."

said

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From this reading "It's all of a piece," said Jane, tranquilly.

say

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From this reading They say he's as big a crank in medicine as he is in politics."

says

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From this reading "He says he gets his political views from his medicine and his medical ideas from his politics."

see

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From this reading "I don't see how you can endure that fellow Charlton.

that

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From this reading "I don't see how you can endure that fellow Charlton.

They

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From this reading They say he's as big a crank in medicine as he is in politics."

think

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From this reading "Don't you think he's a frightful bounder?"

tranquilly

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From this reading "It's all of a piece," said Jane, tranquilly.

views

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From this reading "He says he gets his political views from his medicine and his medical ideas from his politics."

you

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From this reading "I don't see how you can endure that fellow Charlton.

Chapter 33 of The Conflict by David Graham Phillips holds 212 sentences, grouped into 43 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 33 of The Conflict contain?

Chapter 33 holds 212 sentences of The Conflict, unabridged, divided into 43 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 33 of The Conflict by David Graham Phillips exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 212 sentences, grouped into 43 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.

How do I study chapter 33 of The Conflict?

Work through the 43 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 43 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

Can chapter 33 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 33 can be played aloud in United States English.

Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

Questions about reading The Conflict

Common questions about reading The Conflict by David Graham Phillips on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of The Conflict?

Yes. All 6972 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #433 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Conflict is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #433, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Conflict take to read?

About 581 minutes of reading across 1395 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read The Conflict section by section

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  2. Read one section

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  3. Listen and tap

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Vocabulary met early in The Conflict

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Conflict, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Years
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Conflict; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Wellesley
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Conflict; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Equally
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Conflict; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Divided
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Conflict; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.