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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
·
Henry M. Field
192
They
have
already
testified
their
appreciation
of
your
great
services
and
heroic
perseverance
by
illuminations,
processions,
serenades,
and
addresses.
And
now,
sir,
the
municipal
government
of
this,
the
first
city
on
the
Western
continent,
instruct
me,
who
have
never
felt
the
honor
of
being
its
chief
magistrate
so
sensibly
as
in
the
presence
of
this
vast
assemblage
of
its
fair
women
and
substantial
citizens,
to
present
to
you
a
gold
box,
with
the
arms
of
the
city
engraved
thereon,
in
testimony
of
the
fact
that
to
you
mainly,
under
Divine
Providence,
the
world
is
indebted
for
the
successful
execution
of
the
grandest
enterprise
of
our
day
and
generation;
and
in
behalf
of
the
Mayor,
Aldermen,
and
Commonalty
of
the
City
of
New
York,
I
now
request
your
acceptance
of
this
token
of
their
approbation.
In
conclusion,
sir,
of
this,
the
most
agreeable
duty
of
my
public
life,
I
sincerely
trust
that
your
days
may
be
long
in
the
land,
and
as
prosperous
and
honorable
as
your
achievement
in
uniting
the
two
hemispheres
by
a
cord
of
electric
communication
has
been
successful
and
glorious."
To
this
flattering
address,
Mr.
Field
replied:
Marker
Marker
Fine marker
White-out
Fine white-out
Circle
Paint
Unmarker
Hand
Scalpel
Dice
Sieve
Purify
Undo
Redo
Start over
