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The last 400 years have been defined by his quotes alone
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The Professor and the Madman

The last 400 years have beendefined by his quotes alone

The last 400 years have been
defined by his quotes alone

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The last 400 years have been defined by his quotes alone.
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5 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
01:38:30
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...
We were at our darkest moment. He gave us life. - The Professor and the Madman 00:04
We were at our darkest moment. He gave us life.
I'm asking for your help here, Ben. - The Professor and the Madman 00:04
I'm asking for your help here, Ben.
My only regret is that you did not come forward... - The Professor and the Madman 00:04
My only regret is that you did not come forward...
What there is to be known has already been said... right here. - The Professor and the Madman 00:05
What there is to be known has already been said... right her...
I do not expect any dissent. - The Professor and the Madman 00:04
I do not expect any dissent.
Is the master of the house in? - The Professor and the Madman 00:04
Is the master of the house in?
James... is everything alright? - The Professor and the Madman 00:06
James... is everything alright?
I'm sorry, Freddie, I didn't know where else to go. - The Professor and the Madman 00:07
I'm sorry, Freddie, I didn't know where else to go...
I've lost everything. Everything is broken. - The Professor and the Madman 00:06
I've lost everything. Everything is broken.
I wanted to document the history of each and every thing. - The Professor and the Madman 00:07
I wanted to document the history of each and every thing.
To offer the world a book that gives the meaning... - The Professor and the Madman 00:04
To offer the world a book that gives the meaning...
Or at least the English part of it, but it has defeated me. - The Professor and the Madman 00:07
Or at least the English part of it, but it has defeated me.
You know, there is another book that purports to do just that. - The Professor and the Madman 00:05
You know, there is another book that purports to do just tha...
But it has already beaten you to the punch. - The Professor and the Madman 00:04
But it has already beaten you to the punch.
Come with me. Come, I want to show you something. - The Professor and the Madman 00:05
Come with me. Come, I want to show you something.
How many new words for things that have yet to be imagined? - The Professor and the Madman 00:05
How many new words for things that have yet to be imagined?
How many of them in your all encompassing book? - The Professor and the Madman 00:04
How many of them in your all encompassing book?
No language can ever be permanently the same, James. - The Professor and the Madman 00:04
No language can ever be permanently the same, James.
But how can the work be ended if not ever completed? - The Professor and the Madman 00:05
But how can the work be ended if not ever completed?
You have given us its heart along with a great jolt... - The Professor and the Madman 00:05
You have given us its heart along with a great jolt...