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The Professor and the Madman

And do you know what the firsthotcake I found was?

And do you know what the first
hotcake I found was?

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And do you know what the first hotcake I found was?
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00:51:41
Uploaded
Jun 11, 2025
Genres
biography, drama, history
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Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid-19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William M...
I'm tired. My team, we are all beyond tired. - The Professor and the Madman 00:05
I'm tired. My team, we are all beyond tired.
Making them universally accessible and useful. - The Professor and the Madman 00:05
Making them universally accessible and useful.
And as of now, this very moment, my resolve is greater than ever. - The Professor and the Madman 00:06
And as of now, this very moment, my resolve is greater than ...
Mr. Murray, we are watching with a concerned eye. - The Professor and the Madman 00:06
Mr. Murray, we are watching with a concerned eye.
Watch, then, and be amazed. - The Professor and the Madman 00:04
Watch, then, and be amazed.
Lord in Heaven help me. I am lost. - The Professor and the Madman 00:05
Lord in Heaven help me. I am lost.
Sir! Sir! Sir? - The Professor and the Madman 00:05
Sir! Sir! Sir?
It's a miracle, it's impossible. - The Professor and the Madman 00:05
It's a miracle, it's impossible.
- Approve, sir, it's complete. - Complete? - The Professor and the Madman 00:04
- Approve, sir, it's complete. - Complete?
MINOR Enclosed please find one-thousand word slips... - The Professor and the Madman 00:04
MINOR Enclosed please find one-thousand word slips...
From the height and depth of literature. - The Professor and the Madman 00:04
From the height and depth of literature.
I have derived a key, a type of dictionary... - The Professor and the Madman 00:06
I have derived a key, a type of dictionary...
Within a dictionary, that allows the amassing of words... - The Professor and the Madman 00:05
Within a dictionary, that allows the amassing of words...
Write to me, tell me what specific words at present... - The Professor and the Madman 00:06
Write to me, tell me what specific words at present...
With their nets cast wide. - The Professor and the Madman 00:04
With their nets cast wide.
I shall throw my line and pluck the very quotes... - The Professor and the Madman 00:05
I shall throw my line and pluck the very quotes...
That evade you when you call upon me to do so. - The Professor and the Madman 00:05
That evade you when you call upon me to do so.
Very truly yours, W.C. Minor, Crowthorne, Berkshire. - The Professor and the Madman 00:06
Very truly yours, W.C. Minor, Crowthorne, Berkshire.
He's given us Approve in the 17th and 18th centuries. - The Professor and the Madman 00:05
He's given us Approve in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Your offer and your timing. I am your grateful recipient. - The Professor and the Madman 00:05
Your offer and your timing. I am your grateful recipient.