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S. Dilworth Young
9 speeches between 1955 and 1978, mostly as Seventy. 16,586 words in the transcripts.
Speeches
9
1955–1978
Words
16,586
in the transcripts
Reading grade
8.7
Flesch–Kincaid, average
Scriptures cited
22
2.4 per speech
Callings
Seventy
9 speeches
Leadership record
linked
in the leadership database
Speeches by year
19551978
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.
- brigham 76
- cain 18
- heber 21
- phineas 13
- mendon 10
- got 38
- kirtland 18
- miles 21
- wagon 13
- obey 19
- across 28
- abel 8
Scriptures cited most
- Moses11
- Matthew2
- Abraham2
- Doctrine and Covenants2
- 1 John1
- Isaiah1
- Job1
- Revelation1
Callings when speaking
- Seventy 9
As given in the bylines: Of the Seventy
Every speech
- 1 Feb 1955Preparation for Destiny Is NowFirst Council of the Seventy · Devotionalaudio only
- 21 Jun 1955Understanding GodFirst Council of the Seventy · Devotionalaudio only
- 22 Jun 1956Widening HorizonsFirst Council of the Seventy · Devotionalaudio only
- 28 Oct 1959Promptings of the SpiritFirst Council of the Seventy · Devotionalaudio only
- 4 Jan 1966Joseph Smith—The ManFirst Council of the Seventy · Devotionalaudio only
- 11 Oct 1973The Early Years of Brigham YoungFirst Council of the Seventy · Devotional6,641 w0 refs
- 9 Mar 1976Search the ScripturesOf the Seventy · Devotionalaudio only
- 17 May 1977Living Flames, Not Dead AshesFirst Quorum of the Seventy · Devotional5,574 w4 refs
- 30 May 1978The Eternal ConflictFirst Quorum of the Seventy · Devotional4,347 w18 refs