M06 002 [_( Tom_NP Stephenson_NP speech_NN ]_) 

M06 003 [_( Speaker_NNP :_: Colin_NP Lyas_NP ]_) 

M06 006 your_PP$ Royal_NPT Highness_NP and_CC Chancellor_NPT 

M06 006 :_: 

M06 008 it_PP3 is_BEZ my_PP$ privilege_NN to_TO present_VB to_IN 

M06 008 you_PP2 Tom_NP Stephenson_NP ,_, to_IN whom_WPO 

M06 009 all_ABN those_DTS who_WP walk_VB for_IN recreation_NN 

M06 009 in_IN this_DT country_NN owe_VB an_AT 

M06 010 inestimable_JJ debt_NN ._. 

M06 012 ^ Tom_NP Stephenson_NP was_BEDZ born_VBN in_IN 1893_CD 

M06 012 in_IN Chorley_NP in_IN Lancashire_NP ,_, the_ATI 

M06 013 son_NN of_IN an_AT engraver_NN in_IN a_AT calico_NN printing_NN 

M06 013 works_NN ._. ^ although_CS at_IN 

M06 014 that_DT time_NN the_ATI half-time_JJB system_NN of_IN 

M06 014 education_NN still_RB existed_VBD in_IN 

M06 015 schools_NNS ,_, he_PP3A was_BEDZ allowed_VBN by_IN his_PP$ 

M06 015 father_NN to_TO study_VB full-time_RB 

M06 016 until_IN the_ATI age_NN of_IN thirteen_CD ,_, which_WDT 

M06 016 meant_VBD that_CS he_PP3A had_HVD ,_, for_IN those_DTS 

M06 017 days_NNS ,_, a_AT relatively_RB full_JJ education_NN 

M06 017 for_IN a_AT working_JJ class_NN boy_NN ._. 

M06 018 ^ at_IN thirteen_CD he_PP3A went_VBD to_TO work_VB in_IN 

M06 018 a_AT textile_NN printing_NN works_NN ,_, walking_VBG 

M06 019 two_CD miles_NNS in_TO order_TO" to_TO" work_VB an_AT 

M06 019 illegal_JJ twelve_CD hour_NN day_NN from_IN 6am_&FO 

M06 020 until_IN 6pm_&FO ._. ^ he_PP3A would_MD then_RN walk_VB 

M06 020 a_AT further_JJ two_CD miles_NNS from_IN his_PP$ 

M06 021 work-place_NN to_IN Clitheroe_NP in_TO order_TO" to_TO" 

M06 021 spend_VB the_ATI evening_NN in_IN the_ATI 

M06 022 town_NN library_NN ,_, and_CC would_MD then_RN walk_VB 

M06 022 the_ATI four_CD miles_NNS home_NR ._. ^ the_ATI 

M06 023 first_OD book_NN he_PP3A took_VBD from_IN the_ATI library_NN 

M06 023 was_BEDZ Darwin's_NP$ '_*' Origin_NNP of_IN 

M06 024 Species_NNP '_**' which_WP inspired_VBD him_PP3O with_IN 

M06 024 the_ATI dream_NN of_IN becoming_VBG a_AT 

M06 025 geologist_NN ._. ^ so_CS ,_, at_IN 18_CD he_PP3A attended_VBD 

M06 025 night_NN classes_NNS at_IN Burnley_NP 

M06 026 Technical_NP School_NPL ,_, and_CC for_IN four_CD years_NNS 

M06 026 covered_VBD the_ATI eight_CD miles_NNS 

M06 027 there_RN and_CC eight_CD miles_NNS back_RP by_IN bicycle_NN 

M06 027 ._. ^ finally_RB ,_, in_IN 1915_CD ,_, after_IN 

M06 028 a_AT taxing_JJ programme_NN of_IN study_NN and_CC examination_NN 

M06 028 he_PP3A won_VBD a_AT scholarship_NN 

M06 029 in_IN geology_NN to_IN the_ATI Royal_NPT College_NPL 

M06 029 of_IN Science_NP (_( now_RN Imperial_NP 

M06 030 College_NPL )_) ._. ^ this_DT career_NN was_BEDZ interrupted_VBN 

M06 030 when_WRB ,_, in_IN 1916_CD he_PP3A was_BEDZ 

M06 031 imprisoned_VBN in_IN Wormwood_NP Scrubs_NP for_IN three_CD 

M06 031 years_NNS as_IN a_AT conscientious_JJ 

M06 032 objector_NN ._. ^ on_IN his_PP$ release_NN in_IN 1919_CD 

M06 032 his_PP$ college_NN refused_VBD to_TO take_VB 

M06 033 him_PP3O back_RP and_CC he_PP3A returned_VBD to_IN his_PP$ 

M06 033 work_NN as_IN a_AT block_NN printer_NN ,_, 

M06 034 running_VBG a_AT branch_NN of_IN the_ATI Independent_NP 

M06 034 Labour_NP Party_NP in_IN Kent_NP which_WP 

M06 035 was_BEDZ addressed_VBN by_IN such_ABL notables_NNS as_IN 

M06 035 Russell_NP and_CC Shaw_NP ._. ^ in_IN 1922_CD 

M06 036 he_PP3A moved_VBD to_IN the_ATI Labour_NP Party_NP national_JJ 

M06 036 office_NN ._. 

M06 038 ^ the_ATI love_NN of_IN the_ATI countryside_NN had_HVD 

M06 038 been_BEN one_CD1 of_IN Tom_NP Stephenson's_NP$ 

M06 039 earliest_JJT experiences_NNS ._. ^ recalling_VBG his_PP$ 

M06 039 boyhood_NN apprenticeship_NN 

M06 040 he_PP3A said_VBD ,_, "_*' with_IN the_ATI country_NN 

M06 040 all_RB round_IN me_PP1O ,_, I_PP1A would_MD stand_VB 

M06 040 at_IN the_ATI 

M06 041 top_NN of_IN the_ATI steps_NNS of_IN the_ATI work_NN 

M06 041 shop_NN and_CC look_VB up_IN to_IN Waddington_NP 

M06 042 Fell_NP ,_, Pendle_NP Hill_NPL and_CC Longridge_NP Fell_NP 

M06 042 ._. "_**' ^ he_PP3A began_VBD walking_VBG ,_, 

M06 043 always_RB alone_JJ ._. ^ and_CC when_WRB he_PP3A was_BEDZ 

M06 043 14_CD he_PP3A walked_VBD through_IN the_ATI Trough_NP 

M06 044 of_IN Bowland_NP to_IN the_ATI Lake_NPL district_NN ._. 

M06 044 ^ "_*' it_PP3 just_RB over-powered_VBD me_PP1O "_**' 

M06 045 he_PP3A wrote_VBD ._. 

M06 047 ^ in_IN 1931_CD he_PP3A began_VBD to_TO write_VB for_IN 

M06 047 a_AT small_JJ journal_NN called_VBN the_ATI 

M06 048 '_*' Hiker_NNP and_CC Camper_NNP '_**' ,_, urging_VBG 

M06 048 in_IN an_AT early_JJ number_NN that_CS the_ATI Forest_NPL 

M06 049 of_IN Bowland_NP should_MD be_BE one_CD1 of_IN the_ATI 

M06 049 first_OD national_JJ parks_NNS ._. ^ in_IN 1933_CD 

M06 050 no_ATI less_QL a_AT figure_NN than_IN Ernest_NP Bevin_NP 

M06 050 offered_VBD him_PP3O the_ATI editorship_NN 

M06 051 of_IN the_ATI '_*' Hiker_NNP and_CC Camper_NNP '_**' 

M06 051 and_CC the_ATI job_NN of_IN correspondent_NN on_IN the_ATI 

M06 052 outdoors_NNS to_IN the_ATI '_*' Daily_NP Herald_NP '_**' 

M06 052 ._. 

M06 054 ^ it_PP3 was_BEDZ through_IN the_ATI '_*' Daily_NP Herald_NP 

M06 054 '_**' that_CS what_WDT is_BEZ probably_RB the_ATI 

M06 055 most_QL outstanding_JJ of_IN his_PP$ contributions_NNS 

M06 055 was_BEDZ first_OD to_TO see_VB the_ATI light_NN 

M06 056 of_IN day_NN ._. ^ two_CD American_JNP girls_NNS ,_, 

M06 056 having_HVG walked_VBN the_ATI Appalachian_NP Way_NP 

M06 057 in_IN the_ATI United_NP States_NP wrote_VBD to_TO ask_VB 

M06 057 Tom_NP Stephenson_NP whether_CS 

M06 058 any_DTI such_ABL walk_NN could_MD be_BE done_VBN in_IN 

M06 058 England_NP ._. ^ in_IN a_AT famous_JJ middle_JJ 

M06 059 page_NN article_NN in_IN the_ATI '_*' Herald_NP '_**' 

M06 059 he_PP3A sketched_VBD a_AT route_NN starting_VBG 

M06 060 at_IN Edale_NP in_IN Derbyshire_NP ,_, northward_RB towards_IN 

M06 060 the_ATI Yorkshire_NP Pennines_NP ,_, 

M06 061 so_RB across_IN Durham_NP to_IN Hadrian's_NP$ Wall_NP 

M06 061 and_CC eventually_RB to_IN the_ATI 

M06 062 Cheviots_NP and_CC the_ATI Scots_JNP border_NN ._. ^ 

M06 062 and_CC he_PP3A wrote_VBD ,_, "_*' none_PN could_MD 

M06 063 walk_VB that_DT Pennine_NP Way_NP without_IN being_BEG 

M06 063 improved_VBN in_IN mind_NN and_CC body_NN 

M06 064 and_CC filled_VBN with_IN a_AT desire_NN to_TO explore_VB 

M06 064 every_AT corner_NN of_IN this_DT lovely_JJ 

M06 065 island_NN "_**' ._. ^ that_DT article_NN started_VBD 

M06 065 an_AT agitation_NN that_WP was_BEDZ to_TO 

M06 066 culminate_VB in_IN the_ATI National_NP Parks_NPLS and_CC 

M06 066 Access_NP to_IN the_ATI Countryside_NP Act_NP 

M06 067 of_IN 1949_CD ,_, and_CC later_RBR ,_, 16_CD years_NNS 

M06 067 after_IN that_DT ,_, his_PP$ most_QL glorious_JJ monument_NN 

M06 067 ,_, 

M06 068 the_ATI Pennine_NP Way_NP became_VBD a_AT reality_NN 

M06 068 ._. ^ about_IN that_DT achievement_NN one_CD1 of_IN 

M06 069 the_ATI greatest_JJT of_IN all_ABN writers_NNS on_IN 

M06 069 walking_NN ,_, Arthur_NP Wainwright_NP ,_, said_VBD :_: 

M06 071 officially_RB ,_, Whitehall_NP created_VBD the_ATI Pennine_NP 

M06 071 Way_NP ._. ^ but_CC those_DTS who_WP 

M06 072 walk_VB it_PP3 should_MD remember_VB that_CS it_PP3 was_BEDZ 

M06 072 one_CD1 man_NN who_WP inspired_VBD ,_, in_IN 

M06 073 his_PP$ mind_NN ,_, and_CC by_IN his_PP$ patience_NN 

M06 073 and_CC effort_NN ,_, the_ATI freedom_NN they_PP3AS enjoy_VB 

M06 074 ..._... his_PP$ name_NN will_MD be_BE ..._... revered_VBN 

M06 074 for_IN his_PP$ imaginative_JJ 

M06 075 conception_NN of_IN a_AT continuous_JJ way_NN for_IN 

M06 075 travellers_NNS on_IN foot_NN across_IN 

M06 076 half_ABN of_IN England_NP ._. 

M06 078 ^ in_IN 1948_CD Tom_NP Stephenson_NP became_VBD secretary_NN 

M06 078 of_IN the_ATI Rambler's_NNP$ 

M06 079 Association_NNP ,_, a_AT post_NN he_PP3A was_BEDZ to_TO 

M06 079 hold_VB for_IN 21_CD years_NNS ._. ^ he_PP3A was_BEDZ 

M06 079 in_IN 

M06 080 this_DT capacity_NN a_AT main_JJB force_NN in_IN achieving_VBG 

M06 080 the_ATI National_NP Parks_NPLS 

M06 081 Act_NP of_IN 1949_CD and_CC the_ATI Countryside_NP Act_NP 

M06 081 of_IN 1968_CD and_CC he_PP3A helped_VBD 

M06 082 strengthen_VB the_ATI legal_JJ framework_NN guarding_VBG 

M06 082 our_PP$ footpaths_NNS and_CC 

M06 083 uncultivated_JJ uplands_NNS ._. 

M06 085 ^ one_CD1 who_WP walked_VBD with_IN Tom_NP Stephenson_NP 

M06 085 wrote_VBD :_: 

M06 087 I_PP1A walked_VBD with_IN him_PP3O along_IN his_PP$ beloved_JJ 

M06 087 Pennine_NP Way_NP last_AP autumn_NN ._. 

M06 088 ^ everywhere_RB we_PP1AS went_VBD ,_, he_PP3A knew_VBD 

M06 088 each_DT detail_NN of_IN the_ATI landscape_NN -_*- 

M06 089 why_WRB an_AT outcropping_NN of_IN limestone_NN was_BEDZ 

M06 089 thrust_VBN high_RB in_IN the_ATI air_NN ,_, 

M06 090 exactly_RB where_WRB a_AT path_NN went_VBD that_WP disappeared_VBD 

M06 090 off_RP to_IN the_ATI right_NN ._. 

M06 091 ^ there_EX was_BEDZ a_AT splatter_NN of_IN rain_NN and_CC 

M06 091 a_AT greying_JJ sky_NN and_CC a_AT rising_JJ 

M06 092 wind_NN ,_, but_CC there_EX was_BEDZ a_AT magnificence_NN 

M06 092 about_IN the_ATI vast_JJ emptiness_NN 

M06 093 and_CC the_ATI blurred_JJ ,_, distant_JJ hills_NNS and_CC 

M06 093 even_RB the_ATI rocky_JJ desolation_NN 

M06 094 all_RB about_IN us_PP1OS ._. ^ and_CC Tom_NP said_VBD 

M06 094 ,_, "_*' it_PP3 's_HVZ been_BEN a_AT long_JJ walk_NN 

M06 094 "_**' ._. 

M06 096 ^ your_PP$ Royal_NPT Highness_NP and_CC Chancellor_NPT 

M06 096 :_: 

M06 098 for_IN Tom_NP Stephenson_NP ,_, from_IN the_ATI step_NN 

M06 098 of_IN the_ATI mill_NN from_IN which_WDT ,_, 

M06 099 as_IN a_AT boy_NN ,_, he_PP3A longingly_RB viewed_VBD 

M06 099 the_ATI open_JJ countryside_NN ,_, until_IN 

M06 100 now_RN ,_, some_DTI 80_CD years_NNS later_RBR ,_, a_AT 

M06 100 revered_JJ figure_NN among_IN those_DTS who_WP 

M06 101 love_VB the_ATI English_JNP countryside_NN ,_, it_PP3 

M06 101 has_HVZ indeed_RB been_BEN a_AT long_JJ walk_NN :_: 

M06 102 accomplished_VBN with_IN tenacity_NN ,_, courage_NN and_CC 

M06 102 love_NN ._. ^ and_CC the_ATI 

M06 103 consequence_NN of_IN that_DT long_JJ life_NN has_HVZ 

M06 103 been_BEN that_CS countless_JJ of_IN his_PP$ 

M06 104 fellow_JJ men_NNS and_CC women_NNS have_HV had_HVN their_PP$ 

M06 104 spirits_NNS lifted_VBN because_CS 

M06 105 he_PP3A has_HVZ made_VBN it_PP3 possible_JJ for_IN them_PP3OS 

M06 105 to_TO walk_VB in_IN the_ATI wild_JJ places_NNS 

M06 106 of_IN England_NP under_IN the_ATI wide_JJ sky_NN and_CC 

M06 106 afterwards_RB to_TO return_VB to_IN 

M06 107 a_AT more_QL mundane_JJ existence_NN heartened_VBN and_CC 

M06 107 restored_VBN ._. ^ that_DT 

M06 108 experience_NN has_HVZ not_XNOT merely_RB given_VBN so_QL 

M06 108 very_QL many_AP what_WDT that_DT great_JJ 

M06 109 walker_NN of_IN the_ATI countryside_NN ,_, Wordsworth_NP 

M06 109 ,_, referred_VBD to_IN as_IN the_ATI 

M06 110 remembered_JJ landscapes_NNS of_IN the_ATI inner_JJ eye_NN 

M06 110 ,_, which_WP provide_VB a_AT 

M06 111 continual_JJ source_NN of_IN inspiration_NN and_CC consolation_NN 

M06 111 ._. ^ for_CS to_IN 

M06 112 many_AP he_PP3A has_HVZ also_RB given_VBN something_PN 

M06 112 deeper_RBR :_: what_WP Wordsworth_NP 

M06 113 also_RB described_VBD when_WRB he_PP3A said_VBD that_CS 

M06 113 to_IN nature_NN he_PP3A owed_VBD something_PN 

M06 114 of_IN aspect_NN more_QL sublime_JJ ,_, namely_RB ,_, 

M06 114 as_CS he_PP3A put_VBD it_PP3 ,_, "_*' a_AT blessed_JJ 

M06 115 mood_NN ,_, in_IN which_WDT the_ATI burthen_NN of_IN 

M06 115 the_ATI mystery_NN ,_, in_IN which_WDT the_ATI 

M06 116 heavy_JJ and_CC the_ATI weary_JJ weight_NN ,_, of_IN 

M06 116 all_ABN this_DT unintelligible_JJ 

M06 117 world_NN ,_, is_BEZ lightened_VBN ._. "_**' ^ and_CC 

M06 117 in_IN which_WDT ,_, in_IN the_ATI presence_NN of_IN 

M06 118 nature_NN ,_, "_*' with_IN an_AT eye_NN made_VBN quiet_JJ 

M06 118 by_IN the_ATI deep_JJ power_NN ,_, of_IN harmony_NN ,_, 

M06 119 and_CC the_ATI rich_JJ power_NN of_IN joy_NN ,_, we_PP1AS 

M06 119 see_VB into_IN the_ATI life_NN of_IN things_NNS ._. "_**' 

M06 120 ^ one_CD1 who_WP has_HVZ made_VBN this_DT possible_JJ 

M06 120 for_IN so_QL many_AP has_HVZ indeed_RB 

M06 121 earned_VBN the_ATI gratitude_NN that_WP millions_CDS 

M06 121 feel_VB towards_IN him_PP3O ._. 

M06 123 ^ Tom_NP Stephenson_NP was_BEDZ ,_, by_IN conscience_NN 

M06 123 ,_, deprived_VBN of_IN a_AT degree_NN 

M06 124 for_IN which_WDT he_PP3A had_HVD laboured_VBN long_RB 

M06 124 and_CC hard_RB ._. ^ today_NR we_PP1AS make_VB good_RB 

M06 125 that_DT omission_NN ._. ^ it_PP3 is_BEZ therefore_RB 

M06 125 my_PP$ very_QL great_JJ privilege_NN ,_, 

M06 126 on_IN behalf_NN of_IN the_ATI Senate_NP ,_, to_TO present_VB 

M06 126 to_IN you_PP2 Tom_NP Stephenson_NP 

M06 127 whose_WP$ many_AP accomplishments_NNS in_IN his_PP$ long_JJ 

M06 127 life_NN make_VB him_PP3O most_QL 

M06 128 eminently_RB worthy_JJ of_IN the_ATI degree_NN of_IN 

M06 128 Doctor_NPT of_IN Laws_NP honoris_&FO 

M06 129 causa_&FO ._.