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Gene R. Cook

4 speeches between 1976 and 2005, mostly as Seventy. 18,507 words in the transcripts.

Speeches
4
1976–2005
Words
18,507
in the transcripts
Reading grade
9.1
Flesch–Kincaid, average
Scriptures cited
81
20.3 per speech
Callings
Seventy
4 speeches
Leadership record
linked
in the leadership database

Speeches by year

19762005

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.

  • raymond 29
  • faith 99
  • suffering 33
  • cook 13
  • paz 7
  • bolivia 7
  • mission office 6
  • paraguay 6
  • manager 8
  • big ones 5
  • you’ll 13
  • you’re 17

Scriptures cited most

  • Doctrine and Covenants27
  • Alma9
  • 2 Nephi6
  • 1 Nephi6
  • Mosiah4
  • Helaman3
  • Mark3
  • Matthew2

Callings when speaking

  • Seventy 4

As given in the bylines: of the Seventy

Every speech

  1. 11 May 1976Seek Eternal Happinessof the Seventy · Devotional3,145 w8 refs
  2. 8 Nov 1981Faith in the Lord Jesus Christof the Seventy · Devotional5,815 w19 refs
  3. 29 May 1984Trust in the Lordof the Seventy · Devotional5,512 w23 refs
  4. 1 Feb 2005The Love of God: Suffering Tribulation in the Redeemer’s Nameof the Seventy · Devotional4,035 w31 refs
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