﻿IDEALS 
  OF 
  TELEPHONE 
  SERVICE 
  — 
  CARTY. 
  539 
  

  

  instinct 
  in 
  the 
  lower 
  animals 
  and 
  in 
  man, 
  permits 
  us 
  to 
  contemplate 
  

   this 
  evolutionary 
  entit}^ 
  from 
  a 
  new 
  point 
  of 
  view. 
  He 
  has 
  pointed 
  

   out 
  that 
  nature, 
  having 
  failed 
  in 
  her 
  giant 
  organisms, 
  in 
  which 
  so 
  

   many 
  individual 
  cells 
  were 
  crowded 
  into 
  such 
  animals 
  as 
  her 
  giant 
  

   lizards 
  and 
  the 
  mammoth 
  and 
  the 
  mastodon, 
  was 
  to 
  try 
  a 
  new 
  method 
  

   which 
  was 
  to 
  dispense 
  with 
  gross 
  physical 
  aggregations 
  of 
  cells 
  

   combined 
  into 
  one 
  body. 
  He 
  points 
  out 
  that 
  the 
  flock, 
  the 
  herd, 
  the 
  

   pack, 
  the 
  swarm 
  — 
  new 
  organizations 
  — 
  were 
  to 
  be 
  devised 
  by 
  nature, 
  

   and 
  to 
  flourish 
  and 
  range 
  throughout 
  the 
  world, 
  and 
  that 
  in 
  one 
  of 
  

   these 
  new 
  organizations, 
  human 
  society, 
  the 
  individual 
  man 
  is 
  still 
  

   to 
  be 
  regarded 
  as 
  the 
  unit, 
  but 
  not 
  constrained 
  as 
  is 
  the 
  cell 
  in 
  the 
  

   animal 
  body, 
  but 
  free 
  to 
  move 
  about, 
  the 
  mind 
  alone 
  being 
  incorpo- 
  

   rated 
  into 
  the 
  new 
  unit 
  by 
  the 
  marvelous 
  power 
  of 
  intercommunica- 
  

   tion. 
  He 
  shows 
  that 
  the 
  power 
  of 
  these 
  organisms 
  depends 
  on 
  the 
  

   capacity 
  for 
  intercommunication 
  among 
  their 
  members, 
  and 
  that 
  this 
  

   power 
  expands 
  until 
  the 
  limits 
  of 
  this 
  intercommunication 
  are 
  

   reached. 
  

  

  How 
  fundamental 
  electrical 
  communication 
  systems 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  tre- 
  

   mendous 
  evolution 
  of 
  the 
  human 
  race 
  which 
  is 
  now 
  being 
  mani- 
  

   fested 
  in 
  the 
  organization 
  of 
  society, 
  and 
  how 
  vital 
  to 
  the 
  welfare 
  

   of 
  mankind 
  is 
  the 
  daily 
  work 
  of 
  telephone 
  men 
  and 
  women 
  every- 
  

   where 
  is 
  being 
  made 
  more 
  and 
  more 
  apparent 
  by 
  the 
  discoveries 
  

   of 
  the 
  new 
  school 
  of 
  biologists. 
  

  

  Speaking 
  always 
  of 
  communication 
  in 
  its 
  broadest 
  meaning, 
  2 
  but 
  

   emphasizing 
  the 
  importance 
  of 
  speech, 
  Trotter 
  says 
  : 
  " 
  The 
  capacity 
  

   for 
  free 
  intercommunication 
  between 
  individuals 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  has 
  

   meant 
  so 
  much 
  in 
  the 
  evolution 
  of 
  man, 
  and 
  will 
  certainly 
  come 
  in 
  

   the 
  future 
  to 
  mean 
  so 
  incalculably 
  more, 
  that 
  it 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  regarded 
  

   as 
  anything 
  less 
  than 
  a 
  master 
  element 
  in 
  the 
  shaping 
  of 
  his 
  destiny." 
  

  

  And 
  again, 
  in 
  speaking 
  of 
  human 
  society 
  as 
  a 
  gregarious 
  unit, 
  he 
  

   says 
  : 
  " 
  The 
  ultimate 
  and 
  singular 
  source 
  of 
  inexhaustible 
  moral 
  

   power 
  in 
  a 
  gregarious 
  unit 
  is 
  the 
  perfection 
  of 
  communion 
  amongst 
  

   its 
  individual 
  members." 
  

  

  As 
  long 
  as 
  intercommunication 
  was 
  limited, 
  he 
  tells 
  us, 
  the 
  full 
  

   possibilities 
  of 
  nature's 
  new 
  experiment 
  were 
  concealed. 
  But 
  at 
  

   length 
  appeared 
  man, 
  a 
  creature 
  endowed 
  with 
  speech, 
  in 
  whom 
  this 
  

   capacity 
  for 
  intercommunication 
  could 
  develop 
  indefinitely. 
  "At 
  

   once 
  a 
  power 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  magnitude 
  was 
  manifest. 
  Puny 
  as 
  were 
  his 
  

   individuals, 
  man's 
  capacity 
  for 
  communication 
  soon 
  made 
  him 
  master 
  

   of 
  the 
  world. 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  In 
  his 
  very 
  flesh 
  and 
  bones 
  is 
  the 
  impulse 
  

   towards 
  closer 
  and 
  closer 
  union 
  in 
  larger 
  and 
  larger 
  fellowships. 
  

  

  2 
  In 
  this 
  should 
  be 
  included 
  all 
  methods 
  of 
  communication 
  based 
  upon 
  speech, 
  such 
  as 
  

   newspapers, 
  books, 
  and 
  letters, 
  depending 
  upon 
  mechanical 
  transportation 
  ; 
  and 
  telegrams, 
  

   depending 
  upon 
  electrical 
  transmission. 
  

  

  