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H. Burke Peterson
6 speeches between 1975 and 2002, mostly as Seventy. 25,932 words in the transcripts.
Speeches
6
1975–2002
Words
25,932
in the transcripts
Reading grade
9.7
Flesch–Kincaid, average
Scriptures cited
26
4.3 per speech
Callings
Seventy
also Presiding Bishopric
Leadership record
linked
in the leadership database
Speeches by year
19752002
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.
- vulgarity 11
- nets 11
- wall 22
- trials 28
- plead 15
- trash 8
- didn’t 39
- aren’t 14
- impurities 6
- ladder 9
- reservoirs 6
- streams 7
Scriptures cited most
- Doctrine and Covenants6
- Moroni3
- Mark3
- Hebrews2
- 1 Peter2
- Mosiah2
- John2
- 2 Peter1
Callings when speaking
- Seventy 2
- Presiding Bishopric 1
As given in the bylines: Emeritus Member of the First Quorum of the Seventy · of the Presiding Bishopric
Every speech
- 3 Aug 1975A Glimpse of GloryDevotional5,889 w0 refs
- 22 Feb 1977Elements of HappinessDevotional4,091 w6 refs
- 2 Mar 1980Prayer: Try Againof the Presiding Bishopric · Devotional5,511 w1 ref
- 25 Oct 1983“Purify Your Thoughts”Devotional3,941 w3 refs
- 16 Feb 1996Come unto Christ Through Your TrialsEmeritus Member of the First Quorum of the Seventy · Devotional3,425 w13 refs
- 16 Jul 2002Stones in the WallGeneral Authority Seventy · Devotional3,075 w3 refs