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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
·
Henry M. Field
124
If
you
wished
to
communicate
some
piece
of
intelligence
straightway
to
your
relatives
across
the
wide
world
of
waters--if
you
wished
to
tell
those
whom
you
know
it
would
interest
in
their
heart
of
hearts,
of
a
birth,
or
a
marriage,
or,
alas,
a
death,
among
you,
the
little
cord,
which
we
have
now
hauled
up
to
the
shore,
will
impart
that
tidings
quicker
than
the
flash
of
the
lightning.
Let
us
indeed
hope,
let
us
pray
that
the
hopes
of
those
who
have
set
on
foot
this
great
design,
may
be
rewarded
by
its
entire
success;
and
let
us
hope,
further,
that
this
Atlantic
Cable
will,
in
all
future
time,
serve
as
an
emblem
of
that
strong
cord
of
love
which
I
trust
will
always
unite
the
British
islands
to
the
great
continent
of
America.
And
you
will
join
me
in
my
fervent
wish
that
the
Giver
of
all
good,
who
has
enabled
some
of
his
servants
to
discern
so
much
of
the
working
of
the
mighty
laws
by
which
he
fills
the
universe,
will
further
so
bless
this
wonderful
work,
as
to
make
it
even
more
to
serve
the
high
purpose
of
the
good
of
man,
and
tend
to
his
great
glory.
And
now,
all
my
friends,
as
there
can
be
no
project
or
undertaking
which
ought
not
to
receive
the
approbation
and
applause
of
the
people,
will
you
join
with
me
in
giving
three
hearty
cheers
for
it?
[Loud
cheering.]
Three
cheers
are
not
enough
for
me--they
are
what
we
give
on
common
occasions--and
as
it
is
for
the
success
of
the
Atlantic
Telegraph
Cable,
I
must
have
at
least
one
dozen
cheers.
[Loud
and
protracted
cheering.]"
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