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It's a book, sir. We're all grateful to you
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The Professor and the Madman

It's a book, sir. We're allgrateful to you

It's a book, sir. We're all
grateful to you

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It's a book, sir. We're all grateful to you.
Duration
6 seconds
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32
Timestamp in Movie
00:35:11
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 will read it avidly and I will treasure it forever! - The Professor and the Madman 00:06
I will read it avidly and I will treasure it forever!
I find that a good, warm ham is often better... - The Professor and the Madman 00:06
I find that a good, warm ham is often better...
Or coals in the fire, especially at this time of year. - The Professor and the Madman 00:06
Or coals in the fire, especially at this time of year.
MURRAY To chart the life of each word, we must start... - The Professor and the Madman 00:04
MURRAY To chart the life of each word, we must start...
With a record of its birth, when it was first written down. - The Professor and the Madman 00:05
With a record of its birth, when it was first written down.
And shedding subtleties of nuance to and from themselves. - The Professor and the Madman 00:05
And shedding subtleties of nuance to and from themselves.
In the great expanse of the literature... - The Professor and the Madman 00:04
In the great expanse of the literature...
And ferret them out, all of them, every single word... - The Professor and the Madman 00:05
And ferret them out, all of them, every single word...
And we will do so by reading every single book. - The Professor and the Madman 00:05
And we will do so by reading every single book.
You crazy, beautiful bastard! - The Professor and the Madman 00:05
You crazy, beautiful bastard!
Would you be so kind as to dispose of this for me? - The Professor and the Madman 00:07
Would you be so kind as to dispose of this for me?
- I'm too cold. - Oh, you got a smile. - The Professor and the Madman 00:04
- I'm too cold. - Oh, you got a smile.
What am I meant to feed my little ones with, eh? - The Professor and the Madman 00:05
What am I meant to feed my little ones with, eh?
I don't know, ask their father. - The Professor and the Madman 00:04
I don't know, ask their father.
And tell your mother Happy Christmas from Mr. Muncie? - The Professor and the Madman 00:04
And tell your mother Happy Christmas from Mr. Muncie?
It's alright then, isn't it, Mum? - The Professor and the Madman 00:07
It's alright then, isn't it, Mum?
Sir, stop, sir, please! - The Professor and the Madman 00:05
Sir, stop, sir, please!
But it doesn't have to be this way. - The Professor and the Madman 00:06
But it doesn't have to be this way.
There is one waiting to feed them. - The Professor and the Madman 00:05
There is one waiting to feed them.
Let me look him in the eye, see if I can stomach him. - The Professor and the Madman 00:06
Let me look him in the eye, see if I can stomach him.