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Hugh B. Brown

18 speeches between 1954 and 1970, mostly as Quorum of the Twelve. 14,842 words in the transcripts.

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Speeches
18
1954–1970
Words
14,842
in the transcripts
Reading grade
10.7
Flesch–Kincaid, average
Scriptures cited
14
0.8 per speech
Callings
Quorum of the Twelve
also First Presidency
Leadership record
linked
in the leadership database

Speeches by year

19541970

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.

  • currant 7
  • brown 13
  • gardener 7
  • superhuman 5
  • cambridge 6
  • actor 5
  • bush 7
  • ladies 6
  • pastor 5
  • psalm 7
  • clerk 5
  • undertake 5

Scriptures cited most

  • Matthew2
  • Doctrine and Covenants2
  • 2 Peter1
  • Revelation1
  • 3 Nephi1
  • Acts1
  • Luke1
  • Genesis1

Callings when speaking

  • Quorum of the Twelve 10
  • First Presidency 8

As given in the bylines: Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · of the First Presidency · of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

Every speech

  1. 16 Feb 1954Why Religious Education!Assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotionalaudio only
  2. 25 Jun 1954Education and the Charge to Subdue the EarthAssistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotionalaudio only
  3. 9 Nov 1954Personal Liberty vs Social ControlAssistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotionalaudio only
  4. 4 Oct 1955The Profile of a ProphetAssistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotional2,819 w5 refs
  5. 31 May 1956Discover and Actualize Your Potential SelfAssistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotionalaudio only
  6. 20 Jun 1956Education Is a Part of SalvationAssistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotionalaudio only
  7. 13 Nov 1956Search for GodAssistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotionalaudio only
  8. 25 Mar 1958Man and What He May BecomeAssistant to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotionalaudio only
  9. 9 Dec 1959Seek to Know the Shepherdof the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotionalaudio only
  10. 17 May 1961Your Eternal Flightof the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles · Devotionalaudio only
  11. 24 May 1962Baccalaureate Addressof the First Presidency · Commencementaudio only
  12. 30 Sep 1962Purity Is Powerof the First Presidency · Devotionalaudio only
  13. 9 Jun 1964Continual Learning: Key to Progressof the First Presidency · Commencementaudio only
  14. 14 Feb 1967Be What You Will to Beof the First Presidency · Devotionalaudio only
  15. 8 Oct 1967“Father, Are You There?”of the First Presidency · Devotional7,426 w3 refs
  16. 31 May 1968God Is the Gardenerof the First Presidency · Commencement4,328 w6 refs
  17. 13 May 1969Freedom of the Mind: An Eternal Questof the First Presidency · Devotionalaudio only
  18. 15 Dec 1970Christ—Jehovah—Messiahof the First Presidency · Devotionalaudio only
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