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O. Leslie Stone

2 speeches between 1973 and 1976, mostly as Seventy. 8,409 words in the transcripts.

Speeches
2
1973–1976
Words
8,409
in the transcripts
Reading grade
9.6
Flesch–Kincaid, average
Scriptures cited
26
13.0 per speech
Callings
Seventy
2 speeches
Leadership record
linked
in the leadership database

Speeches by year

19731976

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.

  • success 48
  • good work 8
  • stealing 8
  • money 22
  • lazy 7
  • work habits 8
  • analyze 7
  • pay 17
  • strenuous 5
  • business 16
  • goals 14
  • debt 9

Scriptures cited most

  • Doctrine and Covenants15
  • Matthew3
  • 2 Nephi2
  • Alma1
  • James1
  • John1
  • Galatians1
  • Mosiah1

Callings when speaking

  • Seventy 2

As given in the bylines: of the Seventy

Every speech

  1. 26 Jun 1973Essentials for SuccessGeneral Authority Seventy · Devotional4,017 w5 refs
  2. 30 Nov 1976Temporal and Spiritual Successof the Seventy · Devotional4,392 w21 refs
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