The resolutions passed at the last meeting produced a great effect out of doors. Timid people took fright at the idea of a shot weighing 20,000 pounds being launched into space; they asked what cannon could ever transmit a sufficient velocity to such a mighty mass. - Jules Verne

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Jules Verne: "The resolutions passed at the last meeting produced a great effect out of doors. Timid people took fright at the idea of a shot weighing 20,000 pounds being launched into space; they asked what cannon could ever transmit a sufficient velocity to such a mighty mass."

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Asked	Cannon	Doors	Effect
Fright	Great	Idea	Into
Last	Launched	Mass	Meeting
Mighty	Passed	People	Pounds
Produced	Resolutions	Shot	Space
Such	Sufficient	Timid	Took
Transmit	Velocity	Weighing

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