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FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON

Table of Contents
I. The Gun Club II. President Barbicane's Communication III. Effect of
the President's Communication IV. Reply From the Observatory of
Cambridge V. The Romance of the Moon VI. The Permissive Limits of
Ignorance and Belief in the United States VII. The Hymn of the
Cannon-Ball VIII. History of the Cannon IX. The Question of the
Powders X. One Enemy V. Twenty-Five Millions of Friends XI.
Florida and Texas XII. Urbi et Orbi XIII. Stones Hill XIV. Pickaxe and
Trowel XV. The