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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1922. 
  

  

  To-day 
  he 
  is 
  fighting 
  his 
  way 
  towards 
  that 
  goal, 
  fighting 
  for 
  the 
  

   perfect 
  union 
  which 
  Nature 
  has 
  so 
  long 
  foreshadowed, 
  in 
  which 
  there 
  

   shall 
  be 
  a 
  complete 
  communion 
  of 
  its 
  members, 
  unobstructed 
  by 
  

   egoism 
  or 
  hatred, 
  by 
  harshness 
  or 
  arrogance 
  or 
  the 
  wolfish 
  lust 
  for 
  

   blood. 
  That 
  perfect 
  unit 
  will 
  be 
  a 
  new 
  creature, 
  recognizable 
  as 
  a 
  

   single 
  entity; 
  to 
  its 
  million-minded 
  power 
  and 
  knowledge 
  no 
  bar- 
  

   rier 
  will 
  be 
  insurmountable, 
  no 
  gulf 
  impassable, 
  no 
  task 
  too 
  great." 
  3 
  

  

  Here 
  we 
  have 
  portrayed 
  the 
  forward 
  march 
  of 
  humanity 
  toiling 
  

   ever 
  onward 
  to 
  attain 
  its 
  goal. 
  The 
  realization 
  that 
  their 
  wonderful 
  

   art 
  is 
  destined 
  to 
  play 
  such 
  an 
  important 
  part 
  in 
  this 
  final 
  attain- 
  

   ment 
  opens 
  up 
  a 
  never-ending 
  source 
  of 
  power 
  and 
  inspiration 
  for 
  

   telephone 
  men 
  and 
  women 
  everywhere. 
  It 
  adds 
  new 
  dignity 
  to 
  their 
  

   calling. 
  Already, 
  as 
  we 
  have 
  seen, 
  the 
  human 
  voice 
  has 
  been 
  carried 
  

   with 
  the 
  speed 
  of 
  light 
  across 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  Ocean, 
  and 
  across 
  our 
  

   continent, 
  and 
  far 
  out 
  into 
  the 
  Pacific, 
  but 
  still 
  greater 
  things 
  are 
  to 
  

   come. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  the 
  mission 
  of 
  the 
  Pioneers 
  and 
  their 
  successors, 
  and 
  their 
  

   associates 
  among 
  all 
  the 
  nations, 
  to 
  build 
  up 
  a 
  telephone 
  system 
  ex- 
  

   tending 
  to 
  every 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  world, 
  connecting 
  together 
  all 
  the 
  

   peoples 
  of 
  the 
  earth. 
  I 
  believe 
  that 
  the 
  art 
  which 
  was 
  founded 
  by 
  

   Alexander 
  Graham 
  Bell, 
  our 
  first 
  Pioneer, 
  will 
  provide 
  the 
  means 
  for 
  

   transmitting 
  throughout 
  the 
  earth 
  a 
  great 
  voice 
  proclaiming 
  the 
  

   dawn 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  era, 
  in 
  which 
  will 
  be 
  realized 
  that 
  grandest 
  of 
  all 
  

   our 
  earthly 
  aspirations 
  — 
  the 
  brotherhood 
  of 
  man. 
  

  

  * 
  Instincts 
  of 
  the 
  Herd 
  in 
  Peace 
  and 
  War. 
  — 
  W. 
  Trotter. 
  

  

  