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F. Melvin Hammond
3 speeches between 1988 and 2004, mostly as Seventy. 10,354 words in the transcripts.
Speeches
3
1988–2004
Words
10,354
in the transcripts
Reading grade
8.3
Flesch–Kincaid, average
Scriptures cited
27
9.0 per speech
Callings
Seventy
also BYU faculty
Leadership record
linked
in the leadership database
Speeches by year
19882004
Signature phrases
Words and two-word phrases this speaker uses far more than the rest of the corpus, by weighted log-odds. Stop words, names of deity and the ordinary vocabulary of a sermon are excluded.
- vision 25
- keith 6
- hammond 6
- forever 17
- eternity 16
- kent 5
- difference 14
- everything 18
- beheld 7
- dear 12
- family 33
- arms 8
Scriptures cited most
- Doctrine and Covenants13
- John3
- Jacob2
- Luke2
- 2 Nephi1
- Alma1
- Moses1
- Joseph Smith—History1
Callings when speaking
- Seventy 2
- BYU faculty 1
As given in the bylines: of the Seventy · Professor of Political Science and Religion at Ricks College
Every speech
- 21 Jun 1988One Man Can Make a DifferenceProfessor of Political Science and Religion at Ricks College · Devotional3,192 w9 refs
- 11 Feb 2003The Vision of Eternityof the Seventy · Devotional4,016 w12 refs
- 10 Feb 2004We Have Everythingof the Seventy · Devotional3,146 w6 refs