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The Moon Pool
The Moon Pool

Chapter XXXI · Chapter 31

Chapter 31 of The Moon Pool is here in full — 148 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Chapter 31 of The Moon Pool by Abraham Merritt holds 148 sentences, grouped into 30 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 31 of The Moon Pool contain?

Chapter 31 holds 148 sentences of The Moon Pool, unabridged, divided into 30 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 31 of The Moon Pool by Abraham Merritt exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 148 sentences, grouped into 30 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 31 of The Moon Pool?

Work through the 30 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 30 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.

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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 31 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.

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Is this the complete text of The Moon Pool?

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How long does The Moon Pool take to read?

About 564 minutes of reading across 1355 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Moon Pool

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

Thing
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Months
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D'entrecasteaux
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Islands
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Larry and the Frog-Men
Long had been her tale in the telling, and too long, perhaps, have I been in the repeating--but not every day are the mists rolled away to reveal undreamed secrets of earth-youth.
And I have set it down here, adding nothing, taking nothing from it; translating liberally, it is true, but constantly striving, while putting it into idea-forms and phraseology to be readily understood by my readers, to keep accurately to the spirit.
And this, I must repeat, I have done throughout my narrative, wherever it has been necessary to record conversation with the Murians.
Rising, I found I was painfully stiff--as muscle-bound as though I had actually trudged many miles.
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The Moon Pool

Chapter XXXI · Chapter 31

Chapter 31 of The Moon Pool is here in full — 148 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/30 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Larry and the Frog-Men
Line 2
Long had been her tale in the telling, and too long, perhaps, have I been in the repeating--but not every day are the mists rolled away to reveal undreamed secrets of earth-youth.
Line 3
And I have set it down here, adding nothing, taking nothing from it; translating liberally, it is true, but constantly striving, while putting it into idea-forms and phraseology to be readily understood by my readers, to keep accurately to the spirit.
Line 4
And this, I must repeat, I have done throughout my narrative, wherever it has been necessary to record conversation with the Murians.
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Rising, I found I was painfully stiff--as muscle-bound as though I had actually trudged many miles.
All words in this reading · 83

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accurately

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From this reading And I have set it down here, adding nothing, taking nothing from it; translating liberally, it is true, but constantly striving, while putting it into idea-forms and phraseology to be readily understood by my readers, to keep accurately to the spirit.

actually

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From this reading Rising, I found I was painfully stiff--as muscle-bound as though I had actually trudged many miles.

adding

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From this reading And I have set it down here, adding nothing, taking nothing from it; translating liberally, it is true, but constantly striving, while putting it into idea-forms and phraseology to be readily understood by my readers, to keep accurately to the spirit.

and

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From this reading Larry and the Frog-Men

are

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From this reading Long had been her tale in the telling, and too long, perhaps, have I been in the repeating--but not every day are the mists rolled away to reveal undreamed secrets of earth-youth.

as

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From this reading Rising, I found I was painfully stiff--as muscle-bound as though I had actually trudged many miles.

away

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From this reading Long had been her tale in the telling, and too long, perhaps, have I been in the repeating--but not every day are the mists rolled away to reveal undreamed secrets of earth-youth.

be

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From this reading And I have set it down here, adding nothing, taking nothing from it; translating liberally, it is true, but constantly striving, while putting it into idea-forms and phraseology to be readily understood by my readers, to keep accurately to the spirit.

been

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From this reading Long had been her tale in the telling, and too long, perhaps, have I been in the repeating--but not every day are the mists rolled away to reveal undreamed secrets of earth-youth.

but

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From this reading Long had been her tale in the telling, and too long, perhaps, have I been in the repeating--but not every day are the mists rolled away to reveal undreamed secrets of earth-youth.

by

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From this reading And I have set it down here, adding nothing, taking nothing from it; translating liberally, it is true, but constantly striving, while putting it into idea-forms and phraseology to be readily understood by my readers, to keep accurately to the spirit.

constantly

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From this reading And I have set it down here, adding nothing, taking nothing from it; translating liberally, it is true, but constantly striving, while putting it into idea-forms and phraseology to be readily understood by my readers, to keep accurately to the spirit.

conversation

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From this reading And this, I must repeat, I have done throughout my narrative, wherever it has been necessary to record conversation with the Murians.

day

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From this reading Long had been her tale in the telling, and too long, perhaps, have I been in the repeating--but not every day are the mists rolled away to reveal undreamed secrets of earth-youth.

done

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From this reading And this, I must repeat, I have done throughout my narrative, wherever it has been necessary to record conversation with the Murians.

down

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From this reading And I have set it down here, adding nothing, taking nothing from it; translating liberally, it is true, but constantly striving, while putting it into idea-forms and phraseology to be readily understood by my readers, to keep accurately to the spirit.

earth-youth

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From this reading Long had been her tale in the telling, and too long, perhaps, have I been in the repeating--but not every day are the mists rolled away to reveal undreamed secrets of earth-youth.

every

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From this reading Long had been her tale in the telling, and too long, perhaps, have I been in the repeating--but not every day are the mists rolled away to reveal undreamed secrets of earth-youth.

found

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From this reading Rising, I found I was painfully stiff--as muscle-bound as though I had actually trudged many miles.

Frog-Men

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From this reading Larry and the Frog-Men

from

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From this reading And I have set it down here, adding nothing, taking nothing from it; translating liberally, it is true, but constantly striving, while putting it into idea-forms and phraseology to be readily understood by my readers, to keep accurately to the spirit.

had

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From this reading Long had been her tale in the telling, and too long, perhaps, have I been in the repeating--but not every day are the mists rolled away to reveal undreamed secrets of earth-youth.

has

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From this reading And this, I must repeat, I have done throughout my narrative, wherever it has been necessary to record conversation with the Murians.

have

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From this reading Long had been her tale in the telling, and too long, perhaps, have I been in the repeating--but not every day are the mists rolled away to reveal undreamed secrets of earth-youth.

her

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From this reading Long had been her tale in the telling, and too long, perhaps, have I been in the repeating--but not every day are the mists rolled away to reveal undreamed secrets of earth-youth.

here

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From this reading And I have set it down here, adding nothing, taking nothing from it; translating liberally, it is true, but constantly striving, while putting it into idea-forms and phraseology to be readily understood by my readers, to keep accurately to the spirit.

I

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From this reading Long had been her tale in the telling, and too long, perhaps, have I been in the repeating--but not every day are the mists rolled away to reveal undreamed secrets of earth-youth.

idea-forms

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From this reading And I have set it down here, adding nothing, taking nothing from it; translating liberally, it is true, but constantly striving, while putting it into idea-forms and phraseology to be readily understood by my readers, to keep accurately to the spirit.

in

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From this reading Long had been her tale in the telling, and too long, perhaps, have I been in the repeating--but not every day are the mists rolled away to reveal undreamed secrets of earth-youth.

into

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From this reading And I have set it down here, adding nothing, taking nothing from it; translating liberally, it is true, but constantly striving, while putting it into idea-forms and phraseology to be readily understood by my readers, to keep accurately to the spirit.

is

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From this reading And I have set it down here, adding nothing, taking nothing from it; translating liberally, it is true, but constantly striving, while putting it into idea-forms and phraseology to be readily understood by my readers, to keep accurately to the spirit.

it

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From this reading And I have set it down here, adding nothing, taking nothing from it; translating liberally, it is true, but constantly striving, while putting it into idea-forms and phraseology to be readily understood by my readers, to keep accurately to the spirit.

keep

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From this reading And I have set it down here, adding nothing, taking nothing from it; translating liberally, it is true, but constantly striving, while putting it into idea-forms and phraseology to be readily understood by my readers, to keep accurately to the spirit.

Larry

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From this reading Larry and the Frog-Men

liberally

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From this reading And I have set it down here, adding nothing, taking nothing from it; translating liberally, it is true, but constantly striving, while putting it into idea-forms and phraseology to be readily understood by my readers, to keep accurately to the spirit.

Long

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From this reading Long had been her tale in the telling, and too long, perhaps, have I been in the repeating--but not every day are the mists rolled away to reveal undreamed secrets of earth-youth.

many

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From this reading Rising, I found I was painfully stiff--as muscle-bound as though I had actually trudged many miles.

miles

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From this reading Rising, I found I was painfully stiff--as muscle-bound as though I had actually trudged many miles.

mists

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From this reading Long had been her tale in the telling, and too long, perhaps, have I been in the repeating--but not every day are the mists rolled away to reveal undreamed secrets of earth-youth.

Murians

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From this reading And this, I must repeat, I have done throughout my narrative, wherever it has been necessary to record conversation with the Murians.

muscle-bound

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From this reading Rising, I found I was painfully stiff--as muscle-bound as though I had actually trudged many miles.

must

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From this reading And this, I must repeat, I have done throughout my narrative, wherever it has been necessary to record conversation with the Murians.

my

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From this reading And I have set it down here, adding nothing, taking nothing from it; translating liberally, it is true, but constantly striving, while putting it into idea-forms and phraseology to be readily understood by my readers, to keep accurately to the spirit.

narrative

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From this reading And this, I must repeat, I have done throughout my narrative, wherever it has been necessary to record conversation with the Murians.

necessary

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From this reading And this, I must repeat, I have done throughout my narrative, wherever it has been necessary to record conversation with the Murians.

not

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From this reading Long had been her tale in the telling, and too long, perhaps, have I been in the repeating--but not every day are the mists rolled away to reveal undreamed secrets of earth-youth.

nothing

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From this reading And I have set it down here, adding nothing, taking nothing from it; translating liberally, it is true, but constantly striving, while putting it into idea-forms and phraseology to be readily understood by my readers, to keep accurately to the spirit.

of

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From this reading Long had been her tale in the telling, and too long, perhaps, have I been in the repeating--but not every day are the mists rolled away to reveal undreamed secrets of earth-youth.

painfully

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From this reading Rising, I found I was painfully stiff--as muscle-bound as though I had actually trudged many miles.

perhaps

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From this reading Long had been her tale in the telling, and too long, perhaps, have I been in the repeating--but not every day are the mists rolled away to reveal undreamed secrets of earth-youth.

phraseology

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From this reading And I have set it down here, adding nothing, taking nothing from it; translating liberally, it is true, but constantly striving, while putting it into idea-forms and phraseology to be readily understood by my readers, to keep accurately to the spirit.

putting

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From this reading And I have set it down here, adding nothing, taking nothing from it; translating liberally, it is true, but constantly striving, while putting it into idea-forms and phraseology to be readily understood by my readers, to keep accurately to the spirit.

readers

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From this reading And I have set it down here, adding nothing, taking nothing from it; translating liberally, it is true, but constantly striving, while putting it into idea-forms and phraseology to be readily understood by my readers, to keep accurately to the spirit.

readily

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From this reading And I have set it down here, adding nothing, taking nothing from it; translating liberally, it is true, but constantly striving, while putting it into idea-forms and phraseology to be readily understood by my readers, to keep accurately to the spirit.

record

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From this reading And this, I must repeat, I have done throughout my narrative, wherever it has been necessary to record conversation with the Murians.

repeat

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From this reading And this, I must repeat, I have done throughout my narrative, wherever it has been necessary to record conversation with the Murians.

repeating

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From this reading Long had been her tale in the telling, and too long, perhaps, have I been in the repeating--but not every day are the mists rolled away to reveal undreamed secrets of earth-youth.

reveal

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From this reading Long had been her tale in the telling, and too long, perhaps, have I been in the repeating--but not every day are the mists rolled away to reveal undreamed secrets of earth-youth.

Rising

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From this reading Rising, I found I was painfully stiff--as muscle-bound as though I had actually trudged many miles.

rolled

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From this reading Long had been her tale in the telling, and too long, perhaps, have I been in the repeating--but not every day are the mists rolled away to reveal undreamed secrets of earth-youth.

secrets

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From this reading Long had been her tale in the telling, and too long, perhaps, have I been in the repeating--but not every day are the mists rolled away to reveal undreamed secrets of earth-youth.

set

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From this reading And I have set it down here, adding nothing, taking nothing from it; translating liberally, it is true, but constantly striving, while putting it into idea-forms and phraseology to be readily understood by my readers, to keep accurately to the spirit.

spirit

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From this reading And I have set it down here, adding nothing, taking nothing from it; translating liberally, it is true, but constantly striving, while putting it into idea-forms and phraseology to be readily understood by my readers, to keep accurately to the spirit.

stiff

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From this reading Rising, I found I was painfully stiff--as muscle-bound as though I had actually trudged many miles.

striving

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From this reading And I have set it down here, adding nothing, taking nothing from it; translating liberally, it is true, but constantly striving, while putting it into idea-forms and phraseology to be readily understood by my readers, to keep accurately to the spirit.

taking

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From this reading And I have set it down here, adding nothing, taking nothing from it; translating liberally, it is true, but constantly striving, while putting it into idea-forms and phraseology to be readily understood by my readers, to keep accurately to the spirit.

tale

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From this reading Long had been her tale in the telling, and too long, perhaps, have I been in the repeating--but not every day are the mists rolled away to reveal undreamed secrets of earth-youth.

telling

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From this reading Long had been her tale in the telling, and too long, perhaps, have I been in the repeating--but not every day are the mists rolled away to reveal undreamed secrets of earth-youth.

the

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From this reading Larry and the Frog-Men

this

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From this reading And this, I must repeat, I have done throughout my narrative, wherever it has been necessary to record conversation with the Murians.

though

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From this reading Rising, I found I was painfully stiff--as muscle-bound as though I had actually trudged many miles.

throughout

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From this reading And this, I must repeat, I have done throughout my narrative, wherever it has been necessary to record conversation with the Murians.

to

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From this reading Long had been her tale in the telling, and too long, perhaps, have I been in the repeating--but not every day are the mists rolled away to reveal undreamed secrets of earth-youth.

too

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From this reading Long had been her tale in the telling, and too long, perhaps, have I been in the repeating--but not every day are the mists rolled away to reveal undreamed secrets of earth-youth.

translating

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From this reading And I have set it down here, adding nothing, taking nothing from it; translating liberally, it is true, but constantly striving, while putting it into idea-forms and phraseology to be readily understood by my readers, to keep accurately to the spirit.

trudged

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From this reading Rising, I found I was painfully stiff--as muscle-bound as though I had actually trudged many miles.

true

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From this reading And I have set it down here, adding nothing, taking nothing from it; translating liberally, it is true, but constantly striving, while putting it into idea-forms and phraseology to be readily understood by my readers, to keep accurately to the spirit.

understood

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From this reading And I have set it down here, adding nothing, taking nothing from it; translating liberally, it is true, but constantly striving, while putting it into idea-forms and phraseology to be readily understood by my readers, to keep accurately to the spirit.

undreamed

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From this reading Long had been her tale in the telling, and too long, perhaps, have I been in the repeating--but not every day are the mists rolled away to reveal undreamed secrets of earth-youth.

was

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From this reading Rising, I found I was painfully stiff--as muscle-bound as though I had actually trudged many miles.

wherever

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From this reading And this, I must repeat, I have done throughout my narrative, wherever it has been necessary to record conversation with the Murians.

while

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From this reading And I have set it down here, adding nothing, taking nothing from it; translating liberally, it is true, but constantly striving, while putting it into idea-forms and phraseology to be readily understood by my readers, to keep accurately to the spirit.

with

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From this reading And this, I must repeat, I have done throughout my narrative, wherever it has been necessary to record conversation with the Murians.