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Heroes of the Telegraph
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John Munro
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Reis
believed
in
his
invention,
if
no
one
else
did;
and
had
he
been
encouraged
by
his
fellows
from
the
beginning,
he
might
have
brought
it
into
a
practical
shape.
But
rebuffs
had
preyed
upon
his
sensitive
heart,
and
he
was
already
stricken
with
consumption.
It
is
related
that,
after
his
lecture
on
the
telephone
at
Geissen,
in
1854,
Professor
Poggendorff,
who
was
present,
invited
him
to
send
a
description
of
his
instrument
to
the
ANNALEN.
Reis
answered
him,'Ich
danke
Ihnen
recht
Sehr,
Herr
Professor;
es
ist
zu
spaty.
Jetzt
will
ICH
nicht
ihn
schickeny.
Mein
Apparat
wird
ohne
Beschreibung
in
den
ANNALEN
bekannt
werden.'
('Thank
you
very
much,
Professor,
but
it
is
too
late.
I
shall
not
send
it
now.
My
apparatus
will
become
known
without
any
writing
in
the
ANNALEN.')
Latterly
Reis
had
confined
his
teaching
and
study
to
matters
of
science;
but
his
bad
health
was
a
serious
impediment.
For
several
years
it
was
only
by
the
exercise
of
a
strong
will
that
he
was
able
to
carry
on
his
duties.
His
voice
began
to
fail
as
the
disease
gained
upon
his
lungs,
and
in
the
summer
of
1873
he
was
obliged
to
forsake
tuition
during
several
weeks.
The
autumn
vacation
strengthened
his
hopes
of
recovery,
and
he
resumed
his
teaching
with
his
wonted
energy.
But
this
was
the
last
flicker
of
the
expiring
flame.
It
was
announced
that
he
would
show
his
new
gravity-machine
at
a
meeting
of
the
Deutscher
Naturforscher
of
Wiesbaden
in
September,
but
he
was
too
ill
to
appear.
In
December
he
lay
down,
and,
after
a
long
and
painful
illness,
breathed
his
last
at
five
o'clock
in
the
afternoon
of
January
14,
1874.
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