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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
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Henry M. Field
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The
early
accession
of
this
gentleman
gave
strength
to
the
new
enterprise.
In
all
the
million
inhabitants
of
the
city
of
New
York
there
was
not
a
name
which
was
better
known,
or
more
justly
held
in
honor,
than
that
of
Peter
Cooper.
A
native
of
the
city,
where
he
had
passed
his
whole
life,
he
had
seen
its
growth,
from
the
small
town
it
was
after
the
War
of
the
Revolution,
and
had
himself
grown
with
it.
Beginning
with
very
small
means
and
limited
opportunities,
he
had
become
one
of
its
great
capitalists.
Many
who
thus
rise
to
wealth,
in
the
process
of
accumulation,
form
penurious
habits
which
cling
to
them,
and
to
the
end
of
their
days
it
is
the
chief
object
of
life
to
hoard
and
to
keep.
But
Mr.
Cooper,
while
acquiring
the
fortune,
had
also
the
heart
of
a
prince;
and
used
his
wealth
with
a
noble
generosity.
In
the
centre
of
New
York
stands
to-day
a
massive
building,
erected
at
a
cost
of
nearly
a
million
of
dollars,
and
consecrated
"To
Science
and
Art."
This
was
Mr.
Cooper's
gift
to
his
native
city.
Remembering
his
own
limited
advantages
of
education,
he
desired
that
the
young
men
of
New
York,
the
apprentices
and
mechanics,
should
have
better
opportunities
than
he
had
enjoyed.
For
this
he
endowed
courses
of
lectures
on
the
natural
sciences;
he
opened
the
largest
reading-room
in
America,
which
furnishes
a
pleasant
resort
to
thousands
of
readers
daily;
while
to
help
the
other
sex,
he
added
a
School
of
Design
for
Women,
which
trains
hundreds
to
be
teachers,
and
some
of
them
artists;
who
go
forth
into
the
world
to
earn
an
honest
living,
and
to
bless
the
memory
of
their
generous
benefactor.
This
noble
institution,
standing
in
the
heart
of
the
city,
is
his
enduring
monument.
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