Kenneth Roberts
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Oct 4, 2026
Robert BallinVOICE_ACTOR
To begin with, let me say that my experience is limited to the method used by one particular dowser, Mr. Henry Gross, game warden of Biddeford, Maine, probably the country's best-known dowser.
Robert BallinVOICE_ACTOR
Two books have been written about him by Kenneth Roberts, author of such bestsellers as Northwest Passage and Oliver Wiswell.
Robert BallinVOICE_ACTOR
As a result of reading of Mr. Roberts' books on Henry Gross, I decided to employ him to find water on my farm, which is just outside Manchester, Vermont.
Robert BallinVOICE_ACTOR
Shortly after I bought the farm in the fall of 1954, the spring that supplied all my water suddenly went dry.
Robert BallinVOICE_ACTOR
Some of my neighbors said nothing could be done about it.
Robert BallinVOICE_ACTOR
Some said I should call in a geologist and try to drill a well.
Robert BallinVOICE_ACTOR
Instead, I got in touch with Kenneth Roberts and Mr. Henry Gross.
Robert BallinVOICE_ACTOR
I asked if Mr.
Robert BallinGUEST
To begin with, let me say that my experience is limited to the method used by one particular dowser, Mr. Henry Gross, game warden of Biddeford, Maine, probably the country's best-known dowser.
Robert BallinGUEST
Two books have been written about him by Kenneth Roberts, author of such bestsellers as Northwest Passage and Oliver Wiswell.
Robert BallinGUEST
As a result of reading of Mr. Roberts' books on Henry Gross, I decided to employ him to find water on my farm, which is just outside Manchester, Vermont.
Robert BallinGUEST
Shortly after I bought the farm, in the fall of 1954, the spring that supplied all my water suddenly went dry.
Robert BallinGUEST
Some of my neighbors said nothing could be done about it.
Robert BallinGUEST
Some said I should call in a geologist and try to drill a well.
Robert BallinGUEST
Instead, I got in touch with Kenneth Roberts and Mr. Henry Gross.
Robert BallinGUEST
I asked if Mr.
Scott KestersonHOST
The standing orders version most people know today, the plain English numbered list, don't forget nothing, see the enemy first, tell the truth about what you see and what you do, isn't actually the original 1757 wording.
Scott KestersonHOST
It was condensed, modernized, paraphrased, written by a novelist, Kenneth Roberts, for his 1937 historical novel, Northwest Passage.
Scott KestersonHOST
So that's just some interesting context for that.
Scott KestersonHOST
But in principle, yes, they were adopted.
Jack BennyHOST
Okay.
Jack BennyHOST
And now, ladies and gentlemen, going from the sublime to our feature attraction of the evening, tonight, the Benny you requested will molest the players... will present their version of that sensational MGM screen masterpiece based on Kenneth Roberts' brilliant novel of American history, that outstanding cinema achievement, Northwest Passage.
Jack BennyHOST
Thank you, Snapdragon.
Jack BennyHOST
That's Dernicum Excelsium.
Srikrishna IyengarGUEST
All this stuff happens.
Srikrishna IyengarGUEST
That argument essentially, and that was followed by, there were two scholars, K-Kenneth Roberts and Kurt Weyland, who dominated populist discourse in the '90s, who were not ideational theorists.
Srikrishna IyengarGUEST
They were essentially, uh, their argument was populists are strategic people.
Srikrishna IyengarGUEST
These are leaders.
Dennis DayPANELIST
Okay.
Jack BennyHOST
And now, ladies and gentlemen, going from the sublime to our feature attraction of the evening, tonight, the Benny you requested will molest the players... will present their version of that sensational MGM screen masterpiece based on Kenneth Roberts' brilliant novel of American history, that outstanding cinema achievement, Northwest Passage.
Jack BennyHOST
Thank you, Snapdragon.
Jack BennyHOST
That's Dernicum Excelsium.