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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
·
Henry M. Field
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"You
will
be
pleased
to
hear
that
Mr.
Bright
has
kindly
brought
the
telegraph
wire
into
the
room
in
which
we
are
sitting,
and
no
sooner
will
the
toast
involving
the
mention
of
Mr.
Field's
name
be
given
from
the
chair,
than
it
will
be
flashed
with
lightning
speed
to
Valentia,
thence
to
Newfoundland,
and
if
Mr.
Field
is
at
home,
it
is
quite
possible
that
he
himself
will
receive
it,
ere
the
echo
of
your
ringing
cheers
has
died
away
in
Liverpool."
A
message
was
at
once
sent
from
the
room
to
Newfoundland,
and
a
reply
received
back
that
Mr.
Field
had
left
for
New
York.
In
continuing
his
speech,
Sir
Stafford
Northcote
said:
"I
think
there
can
be
no
doubt
in
the
minds
of
those
who
have
carefully
examined
the
history
of
these
transactions,
that
it
is
to
Mr.
Cyrus
Field
that
we
owe
the
practical
carrying
out
of
the
idea
which
has
borne
such
glorious
fruit.
I
am
sure
there
is
none
to
whom
we
owe
more,
or
whose
name
stands
in
prouder
connection
with
this
great
undertaking,
than
the
name
of
Mr.
Cyrus
Field."
He
called
upon
Sir
Charles
Bright
to
reply,
who
detailed
somewhat
the
history
of
the
enterprise
from
the
very
beginning
in
1856,
when
"Mr.
Cyrus
Field,
to
whom
the
world
was
more
indebted
than
to
any
other
person
for
the
establishment
of
the
line,
came
to
England
upon
the
completion
of
the
telegraph
between
Nova
Scotia
and
Newfoundland."
To
the
same
effect
is
the
testimony
of
a
distinguished
writer,
W.
H.
Russell,
LL.D.,
who
was
on
board
of
the
Great
Eastern
in
1865,
as
the
correspondent
of
The
Times,
and
wrote
a
very
graphic
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of
the
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