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Heroes of the Telegraph
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John Munro
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It
was
deemed
fitting
that
Morse
should
unveil
the
statue
of
Benjamin
Franklin,
which
had
been
erected
in
Printing
House
Square,
New
York.
When
his
venerable
figure
appeared
on
the
platform,
and
the
long
white
hair
was
blown
about
his
handsome
face
by
the
winter
wind,
a
great
cheer
went
up
from
the
assembled
multitude.
But
the
day
was
bitterly
cold,
and
the
exposure
cost
him
his
life.
Some
months
later,
as
he
lay
on
his
sick
bed,
he
observed
to
the
doctor,
'The
best
is
yet
to
come.'
In
tapping
his
chest
one
day,
the
physician
said,'
This
is
the
way
we
doctors
telegraph,
professor,'
and
Morse
replied
with
a
smile,
'Very
good--very
good.'
These
were
his
last
words.
He
died
at
New
York
on
April
2,
1872,
at
the
age
of
eighty-one
years,
and
was
buried
in
the
Greenwood
Cemetery.
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