Imagine being able to hear the voice of someone born in the 18th century!
by Oversama
Imagine being able to hear the voice of someone born in the 18th century!
by Oversama
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The earliest born person with a recording was a man who hated talking. History really does have a sense of humor.
He was saving it for this moment
It even has a blooper from when he misread his line
The one time he spoke it was occasion monuments enough to warrant recording.
The recording:
” Give everyone thy ear, but few thy voice. ” – by Shakespeare translated into German
Quite fitting that one of his recordings was a line from Shakespeare:
“Dein Ohr leih jedem, wen’gen deine Stimme” – “Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice”
I like that you actually wrote correctly that he was born in the 18th century, the 19th century doesn’t start until 1801
Reminds me the joke that when Moltke was awakened in the middle of the night with the news that France had declared war on Prussia, he rolled over onto his other side and said, “The second drawer on the left — the plans are ready there” and went back to sleep.
I think he didn’t hate talking though, I think he ”thanks Mr Edison for this wonderful invention, which allows me to talk to the future”.
EDIT: My memory of the quote got the gist of it but it wasn’t exactly what he said, you can [hear him here at roughly 13:40.](https://youtu.be/iEDvozbyUMQ?is=Eh0HwF3tCnQAVmrN) He confuses the telephone with the phonograph, and remarks how wonderful it is for a dead man to have his voice heard again long after his passing. But condensed it’s basically what I wrote.
He planned not to talk, but of course no plan survives contact with the enemy.
“Dang, this kebab stuff is quiet good”