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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
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Henry M. Field
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Mr.
Taylor,
being
thus
enlisted,
brought
in
his
friend,
Mr.
Marshall
O.
Roberts--a
man
whose
career
has
been
too
remarkable
to
be
passed
without
notice.
A
native
of
the
City
of
New
York,
(though
his
father
was
a
physician
from
Wales,
who
came
to
this
country
early
in
this
century,)
he
found
himself,
when
a
boy
of
eight
years,
an
orphan,
without
a
friend
in
the
world.
From
that
time
he
made
his
way
purely
by
his
own
industry
and
indomitable
will.
At
the
age
of
twenty
he
was
embarked
in
business
for
himself,
and
his
history
soon
became
a
succession
of
great
enterprises.
If
we
were
to
relate
some
of
the
incidents
connected
with
his
rise
of
fortune,
they
would
sound
more
like
romance
than
reality.
He
was
the
first
to
project
those
floating
palaces
which
now
ply
the
waters
of
the
Hudson
and
the
great
lakes.
He
was
one
of
the
early
promoters
of
the
Erie
Railroad.
When
the
discovery
of
gold
in
California
turned
the
tide
of
emigration
to
that
coast,
he
started
the
line
of
steamers
to
the
Isthmus
of
Panama,
and
controlled
largely
the
commerce
with
the
Pacific.
Thus
his
hand
was
felt,
giving
impulse
to
many
different
enterprises
on
land
and
sea.
His
whole
course
was
marked
by
a
spirit
of
commercial
daring,
which
men
called
rashness,
until
they
saw
its
success,
and
then
applauded
as
marvellous
sagacity.
Mr.
Field
next
wrote
to
Mr.
Chandler
White,
a
personal
friend
of
many
years'
standing,
who
had
retired
from
business,
and
was
living
a
few
miles
below
the
city,
near
Fort
Hamilton,
at
one
of
those
beautiful
points
of
view
which
command
the
whole
harbor
of
New
York.
He
too
was
very
slow
to
yield
to
argument
or
persuasion.
Why
should
he--when
he
had
cast
anchor
in
this
peaceful
spot--again
embark
in
the
cares
of
business,
and,
worst
of
all,
in
an
enterprise
the
scene
of
which
was
far
distant,
and
the
results
very
uncertain?
But
enthusiasm
is
always
magnetic,
and
the
glowing
descriptions
of
his
persuader
at
length
prevailed.[A]
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