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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
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Henry M. Field
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"Again,
Sir,
I
say,
if
Great
Britain
wants
it
for
war,
she
will
put
it
there
at
her
own
expense.
It
is
not
three
hundred
thousand
pounds,
or
four
hundred
thousand
pounds,
that
will
arrest
her.
If,
on
the
contrary,
this
be
useful
to
commerce--useful
in
an
eminent
degree--useful
for
the
preservation
of
peace,
then
I
confess
I
feel
some
pride
that
my
country
should
aid
in
establishing
it.
I
confess
I
feel
a
glow
of
something
like
pride
that
I
belong
to
the
great
human
family
when
I
see
these
triumphs
of
science,
by
which
mind
is
brought
into
instant
communication
with
mind
across
the
intervening
oceans,
which,
to
our
unenlightened
forefathers,
seemed
placed
there
by
Providence
as
an
eternal
barrier
to
communication
between
man
and
man.
Now,
Sir,
we
speak
from
minute
to
minute.
Scarcely
can
a
gun
be
fired
in
war
on
the
European
shore
ere
its
echoes
will
reverberate
among
our
own
mountains,
and
be
heard
by
every
citizen
in
the
land.
All
this
is
a
triumph
of
science--of
American
genius,
and
I
for
one
feel
proud
of
it,
and
feel
desirous
of
sustaining
and
promoting
it."
Mr.
Douglas
said:
"Our
policy
is
essentially
a
policy
of
peace.
We
want
peace
with
the
whole
world,
above
all
other
considerations.
There
never
has
been
a
time
in
the
history
of
this
Republic,
when
peace
was
more
essential
to
our
prosperity,
to
our
advancement,
and
to
our
progress,
than
it
is
now.
We
have
made
great
progress
in
time
of
peace--an
almost
inconceivable
progress
since
the
last
war
with
Great
Britain.
Twenty-five
years
more
of
peace
will
put
us
far
in
advance
of
any
other
nation
on
earth."
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