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Hartman Rector Jr.
12 speeches between 1968 and 1985, mostly as Seventy. 59,098 words in the transcripts.
Speeches
12
1968–1985
Words
59,098
in the transcripts
Reading grade
8.3
Flesch–Kincaid, average
Scriptures cited
103
8.6 per speech
Callings
Seventy
12 speeches
Leadership record
linked
in the leadership database
Speeches by year
19681985
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.
- going 168
- get 179
- that’s 88
- don’t 164
- presume 31
- we’re 55
- vitally important 22
- it’s 84
- rector 20
- usa 17
- sure 70
- you’re 46
Scriptures cited most
- Doctrine and Covenants23
- Matthew9
- John9
- Alma9
- 3 Nephi7
- 2 Nephi5
- 2 Timothy5
- Mosiah5
Callings when speaking
- Seventy 12
As given in the bylines: of the Seventy
Every speech
- 1 Oct 1968Prepare Yourself to Serveof the Seventy · Devotionalaudio only
- 5 Jan 1971Get Up and Glowof the Seventy · Devotionalaudio only
- 7 Jan 1973Prepare Yourself to Raise a Family in the Lordof the Seventy · Devotional9,134 w1 ref
- 3 Mar 1974Let Your Light Shineof the Seventy · Devotional2,597 w2 refs
- 30 Jun 1974The Land Choice Above Allof the Seventy · Devotional7,070 w7 refs
- 25 Mar 1975Go Forth to Serveof the Seventy · Commencement4,266 w9 refs
- 6 Jan 1976How to Know If Revelation Is from the Lordof the Seventy · Devotional5,226 w7 refs
- 31 May 1977Obedience Brings Happinessof the Seventy · Devotional8,774 w15 refs
- 11 Dec 1979The Talent of Spiritualityof the Seventy · Devotional4,072 w13 refs
- 10 Feb 1981Roots and Branchesof the Seventy · Devotional6,859 w10 refs
- 3 May 1983“That Ye May Be Filled with Love”of the Seventy · Devotional5,995 w15 refs
- 29 Sep 1985The Gospelof the Seventy · Devotional5,081 w24 refs