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If I might make free with something here, I think I might show you by a sort of experiment.

7 seconds sound clip from the The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1954) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:19:57 in the DVD version of the movie.

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[...]

- It was in Mr. Maydig's study that he finally unburdened himself.

- I can only say that I didn't make such a pact with anybody.

- This ability to perform miracles, it just happened. I found I could perform them.

- Well, of course, in a way.

- You don't believe, I suppose, that some common sort of person like myself, as it might be sitting here now, might have some sort of twist inside him that made him able to do things just by willpower?

- It's possible. Something of the sort perhaps is possible.

- If I might make free with something here, I think I might show you by a sort of experiment.

- Take that tobacco jar on the table, for instance. What I want to know is whether what I'm going to do with it is a miracle or not.

- Just half a minute, Mr. Maydig, please.

- Tobacco jar, be a bowl of violets.

- Good heavens! It is a bowl of violets! Yes, violets in November.

- How did you do that?

- Oh, I just told it. There you are. That's what I mean.

[...]

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The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1954) Sound Clip

The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1954)Discover the power of miracles with quotes and sound bites from Alec Guinness' captivating performance in "The Man Who Could Work Miracles". A classic episode of Theatre Royal from 1954, based on the H.G. Wells novel.

Actors: Alec Guinness (Narrator / George Fotheringay)

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