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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
·
Henry M. Field
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As
the
ships
are
now
ready
for
sea,
and
all
who
are
to
embark
have
come
on
board,
we
may
look
about
us
at
the
personnel
of
the
expedition.
Who
are
here?
We
recognize
many
old
familiar
faces,
that
we
have
seen
in
former
campaigns--gallant
men
who
have
had
many
a
sea-fight
in
this
peaceful
war.
First,
the
eye
seeks
the
tall
form
of
Captain
Anderson.
There
he
is,
modest
and
grave,
of
few
words,
but
seeing
every
thing,
watching
every
thing,
and
ruling
every
thing
with
a
quiet
power.
And
there
is
his
second
officer,
Mr.
Halpin,
who
keeps
a
sharp
lookout
after
the
crew,
to
see
that
every
man
does
his
duty.
While
he
thus
keeps
watch
of
all
on
board,
Staff
Commander
Moriarty,
R.
N.,
comes
on
deck,
with
instruments
in
hand,
to
look
after
the
heavenly
bodies,
and
reckon
the
ship's
latitude
and
longitude.
This
is
an
old
veteran
in
the
service,
who
has
been
in
all
the
expeditions,
and
it
would
be
quite
"improper,"
even
if
it
were
possible,
for
a
cable
to
be
laid
across
the
Atlantic
without
his
presence
and
aid.
And
here
comes
Mr.
Canning,
the
engineer,
whose
deep-sea
soundings,
the
last
year,
were
on
a
scale
of
such
magnitude,
and
who,
if
he
cannot
well
dive
deeper,
means
to
pull
stronger
the
next
time.
That
slight
form
yonder
is
Professor
Thomson,
of
Glasgow,
a
man
who
in
his
knowledge
of
the
subtle
element
to
be
brought
into
play,
and
the
enthusiasm
he
brings
to
its
study,
is
the
very
genius
of
electrical
science;
and
this
is
Mr.
Varley,
who
seems
to
have
the
lightning
in
his
fingers,
and
to
whom
the
world
owes
some
marvellous
discoveries
of
the
laws
of
electricity.
Mr.
Willoughby
Smith,
a
worthy
associate
in
these
studies
and
discoveries,
goes
out
on
the
ship
as
electrician.
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