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The dream of Shakespeare has been realized--we have put a girdle round about the Earth in forty minutes.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge Boutwell: “The dream of Shakespeare has been realized--we have put a girdle round about the Earth in forty minutes.”
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Boutwell references Shakespeare to illustrate the remarkable speed of modern travel and communication.
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