Elevate Quote by Alexander Graham Bell

“Educate the masses, elevate their standard of intelligence, and you will certainly have a successful nation.”

Alexander Graham Bell

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First words on the first telephone - "Mr. Watson - come here - I want to see you."

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“Mr. Watson — Come here — I want to see you. [ First intelligible words spoken over the telephone ]”

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Such a chimerical idea as telegraphing vocal sounds would indeed, to most minds, seem scarcely feasible enough to spend time in working over. I…

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Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open.

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One day every major city in America will have a telephone.

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When one door closes, another one opens.

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