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Heroes of the Telegraph
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John Munro
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To
the
Infinite
Intelligence
which
knows
all
that
is
hidden
in
that
darkness,
and
all
that
man
will
discover
therein,
how
poor
a
thing
is
the
telephone
or
phonograph,
how
insignificant
are
all
his
'great
discoveries'!
This
thought
should
imbue
a
man
of
science
with
humility
rather
than
with
pride.
Seen
from
another
standpoint
than
his
own,
from
without
the
circle
of
his
labours,
not
from
within,
in
looking
back,
not
forward,
even
his
most
remarkable
discovery
is
but
the
testimony
of
his
own
littleness.
The
veil
of
darkness
only
serves
to
keep
these
little
powers
at
work.
Men
have
sometimes
a
foreshadowing
of
what
will
come
to
pass
without
distinctly
seeing
it.
In
mechanical
affairs,
the
notion
of
a
telegraph
is
very
old,
and
probably
immemorial.
Centuries
ago
the
poet
and
philosopher
entertained
the
idea
of
two
persons
far
apart
being
able
to
correspond
through
the
sympathetic
property
of
the
lodestone.
The
string
or
lovers'
telephone
was
known
to
the
Chinese,
and
even
the
electric
telephone
was
thought
about
some
years
before
it
was
invented.
Bourseul,
Reis,
and
others
preceded
Graham
Bell.
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