Those were the words of Alexander Graham Bell in a newly released recording, as detailed by Charlotte Gray of Smithsonian Magazine:
Today, however, a dramatic application of digital technology has allowed researchers to recover Bell’s voice from a recording held by the Smithsonian—a breakthrough announced here for the first time.
Be sure and check out both the audio clip and the video that details how they extracted the recording. If you close your eyes, it’s as if you are transported back in time. So cool.