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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
·
Henry M. Field
204
But
the
question
which
perplexed
not
only
skeptics,
but
the
truest
friends,
was
not
whether
the
cable
worked
fast
or
slow,
but
whether
it
ever
worked
at
all.
Happily,
this
is
a
question
which
can
easily
be
settled,
since
it
is
one
simply
of
facts
and
dates,
which
can
be
ascertained
by
referring
to
the
files
of
the
English
and
American
papers.
Of
course
the
only
proof
must
be
in
messages
containing
news.
Mere
congratulations
between
the
Queen
and
the
President,
or
the
Mayor
of
New
York
and
the
Mayor
of
London,
prove
nothing,
for
these
might
have
been
prepared
beforehand,
if
we
suppose
a
design
to
impose
on
the
credulity
of
the
public.
But
the
decisive
test
is
this:
Was
there
at
any
time
within
that
month
published
in
the
English
or
American
journals
news
which
could
not
be
matter
of
guess
or
conjecture,
and
within
a
time
too
short
for
its
possible
transmission
in
any
other
way?
If
this
can
be
proved
beyond
all
doubt,
even
in
a
few
instances,
the
question
is
decided,
for
the
argument
is
just
as
strong
with
a
dozen
cases
as
with
a
thousand.
We
give,
therefore,
a
few
dates,
the
accuracy
of
which
can
be
tested
by
any
one
who
will
take
the
trouble
to
examine
the
English
and
American
papers:
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