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Heroes of the Telegraph
·
John Munro
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Musicians
will
now
be
able
to
record
their
improvisations
by
a
phonograph
placed
near
the
instrument
they
are
playing.
There
need
in
fact
be
no
more
'lost
chords.'
Lovers
of
music,
like
the
inventor
himself,
will
be
able
to
purchase
songs
and
pieces,
sung
and
played
by
eminent
performers,
and
reproduce
them
in
their
own
homes.
Music-sellers
will
perhaps
let
them
out,
like
books,
and
customers
can
choose
their
piece
in
the
shop
by
having
it
rehearsed
to
them.
In
preserving
for
us
the
words
of
friends
who
have
passed
away,
the
sound
of
voices
which
are
stilled,
the
phonograph
assumes
its
most
beautiful
and
sacred
character.
The
Egyptians
treasured
in
their
homes
the
mummies
of
their
dead.
We
are
able
to
cherish
the
very
accents
of
ours,
and,
as
it
were,
defeat
the
course
of
time
and
break
the
silence
of
the
grave.
The
voices
of
illustrious
persons,
heroes
and
statesmen,
orators,
actors,
and
singers,
will
go
down
to
posterity
and
visit
us
in
our
homes.
A
new
pleasure
will
be
added
to
life.
How
pleasant
it
would
be
if
we
could
listen
to
the
cheery
voice
of
Gordon,
the
playing
of
Liszt,
or
the
singing
of
Jenny
Lind!
Doubtless
the
rendering
of
the
phonograph
will
be
still
further
improved
as
time
goes
on;
but
even
now
it
is
remarkable;
and
the
inventor
must
be
considered
to
have
redeemed
his
promises
with
regard
to
it.
Notwithstanding
his
deafness,
the
development
of
the
instrument
has
been
a
labour
of
love
to
him;
and
those
who
knew
his
rare
inventive
skill
believed
that
he
would
some
time
achieve
success.
It
is
his
favourite,
his
most
original,
and
novel
work.
For
many
triumphs
of
mind
over
matter
Edison
has
been
called
the
'Napoleon
of
Invention,'
and
the
aptness
of
the
title
is
enhanced
by
his
personal
resemblance
to
the
great
conqueror.
But
the
phonograph
is
his
victory
of
Austerlitz;
and,
like
the
printing-press
of
Gutenberg,
it
will
assuredly
immortalise
his
name.
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