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The Telephone
The marvel of our age, the Telephone!What is the Telephone, do you inquire?
The marvel of our time, before unknown,
The human voice speaks through the electric wire!
The distant city hears the spoken word,
In waves of sound, transmitted o'er the line;
The notes of music in sweet strains are heard;
From Boston comes the song of “Auld Lang Syne.”
These triumphs o'er the world of space and time
The Telegraph and Telephone can show;
And Science now, with joy and faith sublime,
Doth a new gift upon the race bestow.
Beneath the ocean soon man's voice may reach,
And a new power be given to human speech.
Poem No. 524; c. 23 February 1877
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