The House of The Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne Chapter 17 Page 31

regard in so much the more liberal spirit, because the bulk of society is prone to controvert their existence. An almost spiritual medium, like the electric telegraph, should be consecrated to high, deep, joyful, and holy missions. Lovers, day by, day — hour by hour, if so often moved to do it, — might send their heart-throbs from Maine to Florida, with some such words as these `I love you forever!’ — `My heart runs over with love!’ — `I love you more than I can!’ and, again, at the next message ‘I have lived an hour longer, and love you twice as much!

’ Or, when a good man has departed, his distant friend should be conscious of an electric thrill, as from the world of happy spirits, telling him ‘Your dear friend is in bliss!’ Or, to an absent husband,