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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
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Henry M. Field
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"Such
works
entitle
their
authors
to
distinguished
rank
among
public
benefactors.
You
will
write
the
name
of
your
honored
guest
high
upon
that
illustrious
roll,
and
there
it
will
remain
in
honor,
while
oceans
divide
and
telegraphs
unite
mankind."
There
was
a
telegraph
instrument
in
the
room,
and
despatches
were
received
during
the
evening
from
Mr.
Seward,
Secretary
of
State,
and
other
members
of
the
Cabinet
at
Washington,
from
Lord
Monck,
Governor-General
of
Canada,
from
the
Governor
of
Newfoundland,
and
others.
One,
from
Captain
Sir
James
Anderson,
was
dated
at
London
the
same
day.
John
Bright
also
wrote
a
despatch
and
sent
it
to
London,
but
by
an
oversight
it
was
not
forwarded.
He
afterward
wrote
a
letter,
giving
the
message.
It
was
as
follows:
"It
is
fitting
you
should
honor
the
man
to
whom
the
whole
world
is
debtor.
He
brought
capital
and
science
together
to
do
his
bidding,
and
Europe
and
America
are
forever
united.
I
cannot
sit
at
your
table,
but
I
can
join
in
doing
honor
to
Cyrus
W.
Field.
My
hearty
thanks
to
him
may
mingle
with
yours."
He
adds
that
he
regarded
what
had
been
done
as
the
most
marvellous
thing
in
human
history;
as
more
marvellous
than
the
invention
of
the
art
of
printing,
or,
he
was
almost
ready
to
say,
than
the
voyages
of
the
Genoese;
and
of
Mr.
Field,
he
says,
"The
world
does
not
yet
know
what
it
owes
to
him,
and
this
generation
will
never
know
it."
About
the
same
time,
in
a
speech
at
a
great
Reform
Meeting
in
Leeds,
he
bore
this
proud
testimony:
Marker
Marker
Fine marker
White-out
Fine white-out
Circle
Paint
Unmarker
Hand
Scalpel
Dice
Sieve
Purify
Undo
Redo
Start over
