| Title | The Great Peace-Maker |
| Publication | Household Words |
| Date | 1851-06-14 |
| Reprinted in | The Great Peace-Maker: A Submarine Dialogue |
| Reprint page | 26 |
| Author | R. N. Horne |
| Source | Internet Archive |
| Clipping id | TOA-TEL-1851-001 |
| Permalink | https://technooptimism.org/archive/telegraph/toa-tel-1851-001/ |
| Technology | Telegraph |
| Promise type | Peace |
| Summary | This is not a news report but a literary piece written in the form of a poetic dialogue between the submarine cable and the sea. First published in Household Words, this piece was written to mark the laying of the Dover–Calais submarine telegraph cable, the first successful undersea telegraph link. It presents the telegraph as a new force for peace, by allowing nations to know one another directly, making war itself becoming less likely |