326 HENRY AND THE TELEGRAPH. 



inventor of tlie electric telegrapli. It was in fact a groicth, rather than 

 an invenUon, tlie work of many brains, and of many hands." (Pres- 

 cott's Electricity and the Electric Telegraph, 1877, chap, xxix, p. 420.) 



But amid the galaxy of brilliant names who prepared the success and 

 organized the triumph for the execution of skillful artisans, none 

 stands higher, or shines with more resplendent luster, than that of 



JOSEPH HENRY. 



