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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
·
Henry M. Field
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FOOTNOTES:
[A]
Although
it
is
anticipating
a
year
in
time,
I
cannot
resist
the
pleasure
of
adding
here
the
name
of
another
eminent
merchant,
who
afterward
joined
this
little
Company,
Mr.
Wilson
G.
Hunt.
Mr.
Hunt
is
one
of
the
old
merchants
of
New
York
who,
through
his
whole
career,
has
maintained
the
highest
reputation
for
commercial
integrity,
and
whose
fortune
is
the
reward
of
a
long
life
of
honorable
industry.
He
joined
the
Company
in
1855,
and
was
a
strong
and
steady
friend
through
all
its
troubles
till
the
final
success.
CHAPTER
IV.
CROSSING
NEWFOUNDLAND.
There
is
nothing
in
the
world
easier
than
to
build
a
line
of
railroad,
or
of
telegraph,
on
paper.
You
have
only
to
take
the
map,
and
mark
the
points
to
be
connected,
and
then
with
a
single
sweep
of
the
pencil
to
draw
the
line
along
which
the
iron
track
is
to
run.
In
this
airy
flight
of
the
imagination,
distances
are
nothing.
A
thousand
leagues
vanish
at
a
stroke.
All
obstacles
disappear.
The
valleys
are
exalted,
and
the
hills
are
made
low,
soaring
arches
span
the
mountain
streams,
and
the
chasms
are
leaped
in
safety
by
the
fire-drawn
cars.
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