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Richard C. Edgley
3 speeches between 2002 and 2008, mostly as Presiding Bishopric. 14,863 words in the transcripts.
Speeches
3
2002–2008
Words
14,863
in the transcripts
Reading grade
9.8
Flesch–Kincaid, average
Scriptures cited
58
19.3 per speech
Callings
Presiding Bishopric
3 speeches
Leadership record
linked
in the leadership database
Speeches by year
20022008
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.
- hope 72
- joseph 79
- self reliance 15
- choices 33
- value system 10
- debt 18
- candle 9
- planting 8
- modernized 5
- smith 38
- whitmer 6
- declared 16
Scriptures cited most
- Doctrine and Covenants13
- 2 Nephi10
- Alma6
- Genesis5
- Joseph Smith—History4
- Moses2
- Ecclesiastes2
- Matthew2
Callings when speaking
- Presiding Bishopric 3
As given in the bylines: First Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric
Every speech
- 3 Nov 2002Becoming YouFirst Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric · Devotional5,466 w19 refs
- 16 Aug 2005Joseph Smith—The ProphetFirst Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric · Devotional5,632 w26 refs
- 4 Nov 2008Faith, Hope, and YouFirst Counselor in the Presiding Bishopric · Devotional3,765 w13 refs