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I'm afraid there aren't enough academics in the land
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The Professor and the Madman

I'm afraid there aren't enoughacademics in the land

I'm afraid there aren't enough
academics in the land

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I'm afraid there aren't enough academics in the land.
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4 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:16:43
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...
Where do you propose finding a thousand men? - The Professor and the Madman 00:04
Where do you propose finding a thousand men?
In every book shop, school, workplace or home. - The Professor and the Madman 00:05
In every book shop, school, workplace or home.
In search of the words that we want, and get them to write... - The Professor and the Madman 00:05
In search of the words that we want, and get them to write.....
The word on a slip of paper, along with a quotation... - The Professor and the Madman 00:06
The word on a slip of paper, along with a quotation...
That they have found illustrating the very word. - The Professor and the Madman 00:05
That they have found illustrating the very word.
An entire army covering the breadth of the Empire... - The Professor and the Madman 00:04
An entire army covering the breadth of the Empire...
Still edited by us, learned men. - The Professor and the Madman 00:04
Still edited by us, learned men.
How long do you estimate to finishing your task? - The Professor and the Madman 00:04
How long do you estimate to finishing your task?
Dear England... - The Professor and the Madman 00:05
Dear England...
His ideas are quite radical, just what we need. - The Professor and the Madman 00:07
His ideas are quite radical, just what we need.
This man is positively baying to be part of this little world... - The Professor and the Madman 00:05
This man is positively baying to be part of this little worl...
Of ours, already quite seduced, I would say. - The Professor and the Madman 00:05
Of ours, already quite seduced, I would say.
No doubts, James, no jitters. - The Professor and the Madman 00:04
No doubts, James, no jitters.
Of Great Britain, America and the British colonies... - The Professor and the Madman 00:04
Of Great Britain, America and the British colonies...
To read books and make extracts for a new dictionary... - The Professor and the Madman 00:05
To read books and make extracts for a new dictionary...
We live today knowing the origins of the Earth... - The Professor and the Madman 00:05
We live today knowing the origins of the Earth...
We know how hot boiling water is, how long a yard. - The Professor and the Madman 00:04
We know how hot boiling water is, how long a yard.
Our ships' masters know the precise measurements... - The Professor and the Madman 00:05
Our ships' masters know the precise measurements...
Yet we have neither chart nor compass to guide us... - The Professor and the Madman 00:05
Yet we have neither chart nor compass to guide us...
The same dignity and respect as the other standards... - The Professor and the Madman 00:04
The same dignity and respect as the other standards...