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逆风的方向更适合飞翔_常青藤语言教学中心编译(Chapter2 态度决定命运 AttitudesTowardsSuccess) 第(1/3)页

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ByhardworkhesecuredaidforhiscompanyfromtheBritishgovernment, butinCongressheencounteredsuchbitteroppositionfromapowerfullobbythathismeasureonlyhadamajorityofoneintheSenate.

Onthesecondtrial, whentwohundredmilesatsea, theelectriccurrentwassuddenlylost, andmenpacedthedecksnervouslyandsadly, , thecurrentreturnedasquicklyandmysteriouslyasithaddisappeared.

Thefollowingnight, whentheshipwasmovingbutfourmilesanhourandthecablerunningoutattherateofsixmiles, thebrakeswereappliedtoosuddenlyjustasthesteamergaveaheavylurch, breakingthecable.

, , thecable, , butwhentheshipswereeightymilesapart, , whenitpartedsometwentyfeetfromtheAgamemnon, andthevesselsreturnedtothecoastofIreland.

Directorsweredisheartened, thepublicskeptical, capitalistswereshy, , thewholeprojectwouldhavebeenabandoned.

Finallyathirdattemptwasmade, withsuchsuccessthatthewholecablewaslaidwithoutabreak, andseveralmessageswereflashedthroughnearlysevenhundredleaguesofocean, whensuddenlythecurrentceased.

, andoneortwofriends, , whichsteamedslowlyouttosea, , whenthecablesnappedandsank.

Notdiscouragedbyallthesedifficulties, , organizedanewcompany, andmadeanewcablefarsuperiortoanythingbeforeused,andonJuly13, 1866, wasbegunthetrialwhichendedwiththefollowingmessagesenttoNewYork:

"Wearrivedhereatnineo'! Thecableislaidandisinperfectworkingorder—CyrusField."


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