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Robert E. Wells

3 speeches between 1982 and 1986, mostly as Seventy. 16,957 words in the transcripts.

Speeches
3
1982–1986
Words
16,957
in the transcripts
Reading grade
9.6
Flesch–Kincaid, average
Scriptures cited
34
11.3 per speech
Callings
Seventy
3 speeches
Leadership record
linked
in the leadership database

Speeches by year

19821986

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.

  • higher 57
  • aircraft 16
  • interpretation 18
  • peace 44
  • angel 23
  • wouldst 8
  • meek 17
  • trust 34
  • beatitudes 7
  • get rid 7
  • expects 13
  • president brown 7

Scriptures cited most

  • Matthew11
  • John8
  • Doctrine and Covenants6
  • Mosiah4
  • Luke3
  • Acts1
  • Mark1

Callings when speaking

  • Seventy 3

As given in the bylines: of the First Quorum of the Seventy

Every speech

  1. 29 Jun 1982“In God We Trust”General Authority Seventy · Devotional5,161 w4 refs
  2. 5 Aug 1984Seek Higher Flight LevelsGeneral Authority Seventy · Devotional5,812 w17 refs
  3. 20 May 1986The Christ-Focused Beatitudesof the First Quorum of the Seventy · Devotional5,984 w13 refs
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