We’re All in the Telephone Book

We’re all in the telephone book,
Folks from everywhere on earth–
Anderson to Zabowski,
It’s a record of America’s worth.
We’re all in the telephone book,
There’s no priority–
A millionaire like Rockefeller
Is likely to be behind me.
For generations men have dreamed
Of nations united as one.
Just look in your telephone book
To see where that dream’s begun.
When Washington crossed the Deleware
And the [...]

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The First Atlantic Telegraph

With outward signs, as well as inward life,
The world is hastening onward to its end!
With higher purpose our Age is rife,
Than those to which with groveling mind’s we tend.
For lo! beneath the Atlantic’s stormy breast
Is laid, from shore to shore, the Electric wire;
And words, with speed of thought, from east to west
Dart to and fro [...]

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