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An Essay on the Evils of Popular Ignorance

by John Foster

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An Essay on the Evils of Popular Ignorance is available in the Project Gutenberg source edition credited to John Foster. Catalog subjects include Education; Missions -- India; Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century. This edition retains the source text, including any introductory material and notes.

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Unknown year
Language
English
Copyright status
Public domain

English level

B2–C1 · Deep reading

An Essay on the Evils of Popular Ignorance is calibrated from 37,040 sampled words across 8 chapters: sentences average 46.1 words, 78.2% exceed 24 words and 13.4% of words are nine letters or longer.

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Sentence rhythm

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Extended sentences averaging 46.1 words, with 53.7% reaching 40 words or more

Vocabulary

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13.4% of sampled words contain nine or more letters; names and period vocabulary still vary by chapter

Reading rhythm

Medium commitment

A few long sections make advance stopping points useful. About 12 calm 30-minute sessions.

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Table of contents

8 chapters

  1. 01Advertisement16 min
  2. 02Contents.5 min
  3. 03Section I.36 min
  4. 04Section II.43 min
  5. 05Section III.36 min
  6. 06Section IV.50 min
  7. 07Section V.45 min
  8. 08Section VI.61 min
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