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Heroes of the Telegraph
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John Munro
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'Professor,
I
have
come
to
congratulate
you.'
'Congratulate
me!'
replied
Morse;
'on
what?'
'Why,'
she
exclaimed,'
on
the
passage
of
your
Bill
by
the
Senate!'
It
had
been
voted
without
debate
at
the
very
close
of
the
session.
Years
afterwards
Morse
declared
that
this
was
the
turning-point
in
the
history
of
the
telegraph.
'My
personal
funds,'
he
wrote,'
were
reduced
to
the
fraction
of
a
dollar;
and
had
the
passage
of
the
Bill
failed
from
any
cause,
there
would
have
been
little
prospect
of
another
attempt
on
my
part
to
introduce
to
the
world
my
new
invention.'
Grateful
to
Miss
Ellsworth
for
bringing
the
good
news,
he
declared
that
when
the
Washington
to
Baltimore
line
was
complete
hers
should
be
the
first
despatch.
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