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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
·
Henry M. Field
340
Our
story
is
told.
We
have
followed
the
history
of
the
Atlantic
Telegraph
from
the
beginning
to
the
end;
from
the
hour
that
the
idea
first
occurred
to
its
projector,
turning
over
the
globe
in
his
library,
till
the
cable
was
stretched
from
continent
to
continent.
Between
these
two
points
of
time
many
years
have
passed,
and
many
struggles
intervened.
Never
did
an
enterprise
pass
through
more
vicissitudes;
never
was
courage
tried
by
more
reverses
and
disappointments,
the
constant
repetition
of
which
gives
to
this
narrative
an
almost
painful
interest.
Yet
that
background
of
disaster
only
sets
in
brighter
relief
the
spirit
that
bore
up
under
all,
the
faith
that
never
despaired,
and
the
patience
that
was
never
weary.
It
was
a
pathetic
as
well
as
heroic
story
which
Mr.
Field
had
to
tell
when
it
was
all
over.
He
said:
"It
has
been
a
long,
hard
struggle.
Nearly
thirteen
years
of
anxious
watching
and
ceaseless
toil.
Often
my
heart
has
been
ready
to
sink.
Many
times,
when
wandering
in
the
forests
of
Newfoundland,
in
the
pelting
rain,
or
on
the
deck
of
ships,
on
dark,
stormy
nights--alone,
far
from
home--I
have
almost
accused
myself
of
madness
and
folly
to
sacrifice
the
peace
of
my
family,
and
all
the
hopes
of
life,
for
what
might
prove
after
all
but
a
dream.
I
have
seen
my
companions
one
and
another
falling
by
my
side,
and
feared
that
I
too
might
not
live
to
see
the
end.
And
yet
one
hope
has
led
me
on,
and
I
have
prayed
that
I
might
not
taste
of
death
till
this
work
was
accomplished.
That
prayer
is
answered;
and
now,
beyond
all
acknowledgments
to
men,
is
the
feeling
of
gratitude
to
Almighty
God."[C]
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