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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
·
Henry M. Field
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"Man
marks
the
earth
with
ruin:
his
control
Stops
with
the
shore:
upon
the
watery
plain
The
wrecks
are
all
thy
deed."
Not
all!
The
wrath
of
man
adds
to
the
fury
of
the
elements.
To
strew
the
sea
with
wrecks
is
the
work
of
lightning
and
tempest:
man's
nobler
office
is
to
restore
what
nature
may
destroy.
It
was
the
chief
desire
of
him
who
has
gone
to
the
grave,
that
the
link
which
unites
England
and
America
might
bind
the
countries
that
he
loved
the
most
in
indissoluble
union.
Though
the
two
nations
dwell
apart,
on
opposite
shores
of
the
same
great
and
wide
sea,
they
are
now
brought
almost
within
the
sound
of
each
other's
voice
and
the
touch
of
each
other's
hand:
they
can
look
into
each
other's
eyes,
and
exchange
their
morning
and
evening
congratulations
with
the
rising
and
setting
of
each
day's
sun.
May
the
instrument
through
which
they
look
and
speak
never
startle
them
with
rude
alarms,
but
continue
to
whisper
peace
in
tones
as
gentle
as
the
murmur
of
the
sea,
as
long
as
the
winds
blow
and
the
waters
roll.
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