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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
·
Henry M. Field
360
But
the
slender
cord
beneath
the
sea
had
finer
uses
than
to
be
a
reporter
of
markets,
giving
quotations
of
prices
to
counting
rooms
and
banking
houses;
it
was
a
link
between
hearts
and
homes
on
opposite
sides
of
the
ocean,
bearing
messages
of
life
and
death,
of
joy
and
sorrow,
of
hopes
and
fears.
One
of
its
happiest
uses
was
the
relief
of
anxiety.
A
ship
sailed
for
England
with
hundreds
of
passengers,
but
did
not
arrive
at
her
destination
on
the
appointed
day.
Instantly
a
thousand
hearts
were
tortured
with
fear,
lest
their
loved
ones
had
gone
to
the
bottom
of
the
sea,
when
the
cable
reported
that
the
delay
was
due
simply
to
an
accident
to
her
machinery,
that
would
keep
her
back
for
a
day
or
two,
but
that
the
good
ship
was
safe
with
all
on
board.
What
arithmetic
can
compute
the
value
of
a
single
message
that
relieves
so
much
anguish?
Thus
the
submarine
telegraph
stretched
out
its
long
arms
under
the
sea,
to
lay
a
friendly
hand
on
two
peoples,
and
give
assurance
to
both.
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