Well-informed people know it is impossible to transmit the voice over wires. Even if it were, it would be of no practical value.

Boston Post, 1865

The telegraph wire, the nerve of international life, transmitting knowledge of events, removing causes of misunderstanding, and promoting peace and harmony throughout the world.

Toast given at a banquet to honour Samuel Morse, 1868

It unites distant nations, making them feel that they are members of one great family.

Henry Field (referring to the telegraph)

The businessman of the present day must be continually on the jump, the slow express train will not answer his purpose, and the poor merchant has no other way in which to work to secure a living for his family. He must use the telegraph.

W.E.Dodge, 1868

There can be no doubt that the most popular outlet now for commercial enterprise is to be found in the construction of submarine lines of telegraph.

The Times, 1869