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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
·
Henry M. Field
117
"I
believe,
as
your
worthy
chairman
has
already
hinted,
that
I
am
probably
the
first
Lieutenant
of
Ireland
who
ever
appeared
upon
this
lovely
strand.
At
all
events,
no
Lord
Lieutenant
could
have
come
amongst
you
on
an
occasion
like
the
present.
Amidst
all
the
pride
and
the
stirring
hopes
which
cluster
around
the
work
of
this
week,
we
ought
still
to
remember
that
we
must
speak
with
the
modesty
of
those
who
begin
and
not
of
those
who
close
an
experiment,
and
it
behooves
us
to
remember
that
the
pathway
to
great
achievements
has
frequently
to
be
hewn
out
amidst
risks
and
difficulties,
and
that
preliminary
failure
is
even
the
law
and
condition
of
the
ultimate
success.
Therefore,
whatever
disappointments
may
possibly
be
in
store,
I
must
yet
insinuate
to
you
that
in
a
cause
like
this
it
would
be
criminal
to
feel
discouragement.
In
the
very
design
and
endeavor
to
establish
the
Atlantic
Telegraph
there
is
almost
enough
of
glory.
It
is
true
if
it
be
only
an
attempt
there
would
not
be
quite
enough
of
profit.
I
hope
that
will
come,
too;
but
there
is
enough
of
public
spirit,
of
love
for
science,
for
our
country,
for
the
human
race,
almost
to
suffice
in
themselves.
However,
upon
this
rocky
frontlet
of
Ireland,
at
all
events,
to-day
we
will
presume
upon
success.
We
are
about,
either
by
this
sundown
or
by
to-morrow's
dawn,
to
establish
a
new
material
link
between
the
Old
World
and
the
New.
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