Great Works of Efficiency:

Pythagorean theorem:
24 words

The Lord's Prayer:
66 words.

Archimedes' Principle:
67 words.

The 10 Commandments:
179 words.

Lincoln's Gettysburg address:
286 words.

The U.S. Declaration of Independence:
1,300 words.

The U.S. Government regulations on the sale of cabbage:
26,911 words.