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  ANNUAL, 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1922. 
  

  

  time 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  space, 
  the 
  words 
  reached 
  these 
  distant 
  islands 
  of 
  the 
  

   Pacific 
  when 
  it 
  was 
  there 
  still 
  the 
  evening 
  of 
  September 
  29. 
  

  

  There 
  yet 
  remained 
  to 
  be 
  realized 
  that 
  prophetic 
  dream 
  of 
  the 
  

   telephone 
  pioneers 
  — 
  the 
  bridging 
  of 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  by 
  the 
  human 
  voice. 
  

   But 
  the 
  day 
  of 
  its 
  fulfillment 
  was 
  not 
  far 
  off, 
  for 
  on 
  October 
  21, 
  

   1915, 
  during 
  the 
  dark 
  days 
  of 
  the 
  war, 
  speech 
  was 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  time 
  

   in 
  history 
  successfully 
  transmitted 
  across 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  Ocean. 
  This 
  

   was 
  accomplished 
  by 
  the 
  radio 
  telephone, 
  which 
  carried 
  the 
  words 
  

   spoken 
  at 
  Arlington 
  to 
  the 
  Eiffel 
  Tower 
  at 
  Paris. 
  

  

  The 
  last 
  memorable 
  telephone 
  development 
  destined 
  to 
  occur 
  in 
  

   the 
  life 
  of 
  Bell 
  will 
  always 
  be 
  associated 
  with 
  a 
  great 
  historic 
  occa- 
  

   sion. 
  At 
  the 
  burial 
  of 
  the 
  Unknown 
  Soldier 
  at 
  Arlington, 
  on 
  No- 
  

   vember 
  11, 
  1921, 
  the 
  voice 
  of 
  President 
  Harding, 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  the 
  

   new 
  loud 
  speaking 
  amplifiers, 
  was 
  easily 
  heard 
  by 
  the 
  great 
  concourse 
  

   of 
  100,000 
  people 
  about 
  him, 
  even 
  by 
  those 
  in 
  the 
  most 
  distant 
  parts 
  

   of 
  the 
  vast 
  cemetery. 
  Corresponding 
  multitudes 
  numbered 
  by 
  tens 
  

   of 
  thousands, 
  at 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  San 
  Francisco, 
  heard 
  over 
  the 
  wires 
  

   pa 
  ery 
  word 
  spoken 
  by 
  their 
  Chief 
  Magistrate 
  as 
  clearly 
  as 
  though 
  

   in 
  his 
  actual 
  presence. 
  These 
  distant 
  multitudes 
  heard 
  also 
  the 
  

   invocation 
  of 
  the 
  chaplain, 
  the 
  music 
  and 
  the 
  hymns, 
  and 
  the 
  words 
  

   of 
  the 
  commitment 
  service 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  bishop 
  at 
  the 
  grave. 
  They 
  

   joined 
  with 
  each 
  other 
  and 
  with 
  those 
  at 
  the 
  cemetery 
  in 
  the 
  singing 
  

   of 
  the 
  hymns, 
  and 
  they 
  united 
  with 
  the 
  President 
  in 
  reciting 
  the 
  

   Lord's 
  Prayer, 
  with 
  which 
  he 
  closed 
  his 
  address. 
  They 
  heard 
  in 
  

   amazement 
  the 
  salvos 
  of 
  artillery 
  fired 
  at 
  the 
  grave, 
  and 
  even 
  

   those 
  on 
  the 
  shores 
  of 
  the 
  Pacific 
  caught 
  the 
  loud 
  reverberations 
  

   thrown 
  back 
  by 
  the 
  Virginia 
  hills. 
  At 
  the 
  end, 
  in 
  profound 
  silence 
  

   and 
  with 
  heads 
  bowed 
  in 
  sorrow, 
  they 
  listened 
  to 
  the 
  plaintive 
  notes 
  

   of 
  the 
  trumpet 
  sounding 
  the 
  soldier's 
  last 
  farewell. 
  

  

  On 
  that 
  day 
  the 
  achievements 
  of 
  science 
  imparted 
  a 
  mystical 
  power 
  

   to 
  the 
  most 
  solemn 
  national 
  ceremony 
  in 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  America. 
  

   This 
  ceremony, 
  its 
  deep 
  significance 
  so 
  enriched 
  by 
  the 
  art 
  of 
  Bell, 
  we 
  

   can 
  now 
  believe 
  contained 
  an 
  exalted 
  sanction 
  of 
  the 
  greatest 
  of 
  all 
  

   the 
  achievements 
  of 
  his 
  life. 
  

  

  These 
  are 
  but 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  advances 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  

   first 
  half 
  century 
  of 
  the 
  telephone 
  art, 
  which 
  is 
  now 
  drawing 
  to 
  a 
  

   close. 
  They 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  golden 
  age 
  of 
  communications, 
  which 
  has 
  

   achieved 
  the 
  extension 
  of 
  the 
  spoken 
  word 
  throughout 
  both 
  space 
  

   and 
  time. 
  

  

  But 
  this 
  golden 
  age 
  has 
  not 
  yet 
  ended, 
  and 
  when 
  we 
  contemplate 
  

   the 
  possibilities 
  of 
  the 
  future 
  we 
  discover 
  that 
  it 
  has 
  only 
  just 
  begun. 
  

   It 
  is 
  to 
  the 
  future 
  that 
  we 
  must 
  now 
  turn 
  our 
  minds 
  and 
  direct 
  our 
  

   endeavors. 
  It 
  is 
  true 
  that 
  we 
  Pioneers 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  past, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  

   equally 
  true 
  that 
  we 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  present. 
  As 
  individuals, 
  we 
  must 
  

  

  