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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
·
Henry M. Field
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In
London
he
sought
at
once
Mr.
Brett,
with
whom
in
his
two
former
visits
to
England
he
had
already
discussed
his
project,
and
found
in
him
a
hearty
cooperator.
As
we
go
on
with
our
story,
it
is
a
melancholy
satisfaction
to
refer
to
one
and
another
worker
in
this
enterprise,
who
lived
not
to
see
its
last
and
greatest
triumph.
Mr.
Brett,
like
Berryman,
is
dead.
But
he
did
not
go
to
his
grave
till
after
a
life
of
usefulness
and
honor.
He
was
one
of
the
men
of
the
new
era--of
the
school
of
Stephenson
and
Brunel--who
believed
in
the
marvellous
achievements
yet
to
be
wrought
by
human
invention,
turning
to
the
service
of
man
the
wonders
of
scientific
discovery.
He
was
one
of
the
first
to
see
the
boundless
possibilities
of
the
telegraph,
and
to
believe
that
what
had
passed
over
the
land
might
pass
under
the
sea.
He
was
the
first
to
lay
a
cable
across
the
British
Channel,
and
thus
to
bring
into
instantaneous
communication
the
two
great
capitals
of
Europe--an
achievement
which,
though
small
compared
with
what
has
since
been
done,
was
then
so
marvellous,
that
the
intelligence
of
its
success
was
received
with
surprise
and
incredulity.
Many
could
not
and
would
not
believe
it.
Even
after
messages
were
received
in
London
from
Paris,
there
were
those
who
declared
that
it
was
an
imposition
on
the
public,
with
as
much
proud
scorn
as
some
a
few
years
later
scouted
the
very
idea
that
a
message
had
ever
passed
over
the
Atlantic
Telegraph!
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