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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
·
Henry M. Field
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Two
years
after--in
August,
1858--when
the
Atlantic
Telegraph
proved
at
last
a
reality,
and
the
New
World
was
full
of
its
fame,
Mr.
Seward,
in
a
speech
at
Auburn,
thus
referred
to
the
ordeal
it
had
to
pass
through
in
Congress:
"The
two
great
countries
of
which
I
have
spoken,
[England
and
America,]
are
now
ringing
with
the
praises
of
Cyrus
W.
Field,
who
chiefly
has
brought
this
great
enterprise
to
its
glorious
and
beneficent
consummation.
You
have
never
heard
his
story;
let
me
give
you
a
few
points
in
it,
as
a
lesson
that
there
is
no
condition
of
life
in
which
a
man,
endowed
with
native
genius,
a
benevolent
spirit,
and
a
courageous
patience,
may
not
become
a
benefactor
of
nations
and
of
mankind."
After
speaking
of
the
efforts
by
which
this
New
York
merchant
"brought
into
being
an
association
of
Americans
and
Englishmen,
which
contributed
from
surplus
wealth
the
capital
necessary
as
a
basis
for
the
enterprise";
he
adds:
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