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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
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Henry M. Field
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Next
to
the
interest
he
felt
in
his
own
country,
his
heart
was
in
England.
While
he
was
an
intense
American,
and
perhaps,
for
that
very
reason,
because
he
was
an
American,
he
claimed
kindred
with
the
people
from
whom
we
are
not
only
descended,
but
have
received
such
an
inheritance
of
glory.
In
his
own
words:
"America,
with
all
her
greatness,
has
come
out
of
the
loins
of
England."
When
he
was
in
India
he
was
proud
of
the
mighty
English
race
that
from
its
little
island
governed
an
empire
of
two
hundred
and
fifty
millions
on
the
other
side
of
the
globe.
Some
might
have
said
that
he
inherited
no
small
portion
of
its
unconquerable
spirit.
And
not
only
did
he
admire
Old
England,
but
he
loved
Englishmen.
He
knew
all
that
was
said
of
English
reserve
and
English
pride,
but
long
familiarity
had
taught
him
that
underneath
this
cold
exterior
were
many
of
the
noblest
qualities--courage,
heroism
and
fidelity--so
that
it
had
become
a
part
of
his
creed
that
an
Englishman,
when
once
you
have
won
his
confidence,
will
go
farther
and
fight
harder
for
a
friend
or
for
a
cause
than
any
other
man
on
the
face
of
the
earth.
Among
such
a
people
Mr.
Field
was
proud
to
number
many
of
his
dearest
friends.
A
touching
proof
of
their
regard
for
him
was
given
but
a
few
months
before
his
death.
On
the
2d
of
December,
1890,
he
and
his
wife
celebrated
their
golden
wedding.
For
fifty
years
they
had
travelled
on
the
course
of
life
together.
Children
and
grandchildren
had
been
born
to
them,
so
that
at
the
close
of
half
a
century
a
large
and
happy
family
was
gathered
round
those
to
whom
they
looked
up
with
the
tenderest
affection.
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