In Memoriam Joseph Henry Address of Hon James a Garfield At the Memorial Mee
In Memoriam Joseph Henry Address of Hon James a Garfield At the Memorial Mee
James a James Abram Garfield
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" When the electric light burned blue on the spear-points of the Roman legions it was to them and their leaders a portent from the gods beckoning them to victory When the phosphorescent light, which the sailors still call Saint Elmo's fire, hov- ered in the masts and spars of the Roman ship, it was Castor and Pollux, twin gods of the sea, guiding the mariner to port, or the beacon of an avenging God lur- ing him to death. " When we consider the startling forms injwhich this element presents its...elf, it is not surprising that so many centuries elapsed before men dared to confront and question its awful mystery! And it was fitting that here, in this new, free world, the first answer came revealing to our Franklin the great truth that the lightning of the sky and the electricity of the laboratory were one ; that in the simple electric toy were embodied all the mvsteries of the thunderbolt. TTntilmear the " of the present century the only known method of producing electricity was by f rio- I observe that these venerable gentlemen who have spoken, express fiome regret that Professor Henry left their higher circle to come down to us; and to some extent I share in their regret.
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