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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
·
Henry M. Field
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But
enough
of
praise
that
can
fall
only
on
the
dull,
cold
ear
of
death.
A
few
words
on
the
after
years
of
this
busy
life,
and
I
have
done.
These
years
brought
a
rich
reward
for
all
the
sacrifices
of
the
past.
The
first
feeling
was
one
of
infinite
relief
that
at
last
the
victory
was
won.
The
terrible
strain
was
taken
off,
and
to
him
who
had
borne
it
so
long,
the
change
to
the
quiet
of
his
own
happy
home
was
inexpressibly
grateful
after
his
many
and
long
separations.
He
was
now
in
his
own
country
and
under
his
own
roof,
but
with
a
name
that
was
known
on
both
sides
of
the
sea.
The
complete
success
of
the
Atlantic
Telegraph
had
given
him
an
immense
reputation
at
home
and
abroad.
It
seemed
as
if
the
struggles
of
life
were
all
over,
leaving
only
its
honors
to
be
enjoyed.
What
more
could
he
ask
to
make
life
worth
living
than
the
respect
of
his
countrymen
for
his
courage,
energy
and
perseverance,
and
a
name
honored
all
over
the
civilized
world
as
one
of
the
world's
benefactors?
The
practical
results
of
the
cable
were
even
greater
than
he
had
dared
to
anticipate.
In
the
space
of
a
few
months
it
wrought
a
commercial
revolution
in
America.
It
was
a
new
sensation
to
have
the
Old
World
brought
so
near,
that
it
entered
into
one's
daily
life.
Every
morning,
as
Mr.
Field
went
to
his
office,
he
found
laid
on
his
desk
at
nine
o'clock
the
quotations
on
the
Royal
Exchange
at
twelve!
Lombard
Street
and
Wall
Street
talked
with
each
other
as
two
neighbors
across
the
way.
This
soon
made
an
end
of
the
tribe
of
speculators
who
calculated
on
the
fact
that
nobody
knew
at
a
particular
moment
the
state
of
the
market
on
the
other
side
of
the
sea,
an
universal
ignorance
by
which
they
profited
by
getting
the
earliest
advices.
But
now
everybody
got
them
as
soon
as
they,
for
the
news
came
with
the
rising
of
each
day's
sun,
and
the
occupation
of
a
class
that
did
much
to
demoralize
trade
on
both
sides
of
the
ocean
was
gone.
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