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Old-fashioned new and peculiar, but avoid not the quotidian
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The Professor and the Madman

Old-fashioned new and peculiar,but avoid not the quotidian

old-fashioned new and peculiar,
but avoid not the quotidian

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old-fashioned new and peculiar, but avoid not the quotidian...
Duration
4 seconds
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30
Timestamp in Movie
00:48:58
Uploaded
Jun 10, 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...
For every word in action becomes beautiful - The Professor and the Madman 00:07
For every word in action becomes beautiful
Mr. Muncie! Mr. Muncie! - The Professor and the Madman 00:06
Mr. Muncie! Mr. Muncie!
Yes, well, is it night? - The Professor and the Madman 00:04
Yes, well, is it night?
Such a lot of it, need envelopes, tons... - The Professor and the Madman 00:05
Such a lot of it, need envelopes, tons...
Lots and lots of envelopes and a large bag. - The Professor and the Madman 00:04
Lots and lots of envelopes and a large bag.
The construct is off. It has lost all sense of coherence. - The Professor and the Madman 00:05
The construct is off. It has lost all sense of coherence.
But, sir, it will take weeks just to reset the definitions. - The Professor and the Madman 00:04
But, sir, it will take weeks just to reset the definitions.
Mr. Gell has asked for me at the Press office this morning. - The Professor and the Madman 00:04
Mr. Gell has asked for me at the Press office this morning.
And restarted when I return, eh? - The Professor and the Madman 00:05
And restarted when I return, eh?
Empire, one quarter of the land and peoples of this earth. - The Professor and the Madman 00:05
Empire, one quarter of the land and peoples of this earth.
The largest trading dominion ever known. - The Professor and the Madman 00:04
The largest trading dominion ever known.
If one wishes to participate, one bows down to Her Majesty... - The Professor and the Madman 00:04
If one wishes to participate, one bows down to Her Majesty.....
And one speaks her tongue, English. - The Professor and the Madman 00:04
And one speaks her tongue, English.
To modernize the commerce of academia, to sell. - The Professor and the Madman 00:05
To modernize the commerce of academia, to sell.
And do you know what the first hotcake I found was? - The Professor and the Madman 00:04
And do you know what the first hotcake I found was?
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.