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The Professor and the Madman

To read books and make extractsfor a new dictionary

to read books and make extracts
for a new dictionary

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to read books and make extracts for a new dictionary...
Duration
5 seconds
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39
Timestamp in Movie
00:20:03
Uploaded
Jun 12, 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 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...
Defined by science. Fly your words to Oxford. - The Professor and the Madman 00:05
Defined by science. Fly your words to Oxford.
Let us be connected, all of us in this great endeavour... - The Professor and the Madman 00:05
Let us be connected, all of us in this great endeavour...
Look, look at that, look what I found! Treasure! - The Professor and the Madman 00:04
Look, look at that, look what I found! Treasure!
Get out of the way, get back! Get back, now, now, move, move! - The Professor and the Madman 00:06
Get out of the way, get back! Get back, now, now, move, move...
Out of my way! Out of my way! - The Professor and the Madman 00:06
Out of my way! Out of my way!
How far is the nearest blacksmith? - The Professor and the Madman 00:04
How far is the nearest blacksmith?
The nearest surgeon? - The Professor and the Madman 00:04
The nearest surgeon?
I want a sharp knife and a saw. - The Professor and the Madman 00:06
I want a sharp knife and a saw.
In a half hour's time, this man will have bled to death. - The Professor and the Madman 00:06
In a half hour's time, this man will have bled to death...
Get a sharp knife and a saw... quickly! - The Professor and the Madman 00:05
Get a sharp knife and a saw... quickly!
Now you listen to me, doctor, I know who you are... - The Professor and the Madman 00:05
Now you listen to me, doctor, I know who you are...
Keep the belt tight and get him to a surgeon. - The Professor and the Madman 00:05
Keep the belt tight and get him to a surgeon.
But it still has its uses when combined with modern techniques. - The Professor and the Madman 00:06
But it still has its uses when combined with modern techniqu...
Are we not all, to some extent? - The Professor and the Madman 00:04
Are we not all, to some extent?
You do experience yourself as being under threat, do you not? - The Professor and the Madman 00:06
You do experience yourself as being under threat, do you not...