Samuel F. B. Morse quotes

Samuel F. B. Morse was an American inventor and painter, best known for inventing the telegraph and Morse code. His work revolutionized long-distance communication in the 19th century. He became a pioneering figure in the development of global telecommunication. Here are 10 of his quotes:

If the presence of electricity can be made visible in any part of the circuit, I see no reason why intelligence may not be transmitted instantaneously by electricity. (Samuel F. B. Morse)
It would not be long ere the whole surface of this country would be channelled for those nerves which are to diffuse, with the speed of thought, a knowledge of all that is occurring throughout the land, making, in fact, one neighborhood of the whole country. View quote
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Painting has been a smiling mistress to many, but she has been a cruel jilt to me; I did not abandon her, she abandoned me. View quote
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I have no wish to be remembered as a painter, for I never was a painter; my idea of that profession was perhaps too exalted; I may say, is too exalted. I leave it to others more worthy to fill the niches of art. View quote
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The mere holding of slaves, therefore, is a condition having per se nothing of moral character in it, any more than the being a parent, or employer, or ruler. View quote
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My price is five dollars for a miniature on ivory, and I have engaged three or four at that price. My price for profiles is one dollar, and everybody is willing to engage me at that price. View quote
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What God hath wrought? View quote
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Science and art are not opposed. View quote
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Education without religion is in danger of substituting wild theories for the simple commonsense rules of Christianity. View quote
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The birth and inauguration of the generic telegraph has not only opened a new field for the labors, and given direction to the ingenuity of the mechanician, suggesting numerous varieties of form and distribution of parts, but it has also give a fresh impulse to the researches of the philosopher into the mysteries of the most efficient agent, electricity. It has been the servant of the astronomer; it has assisted in the determination of longitudes; ... it has promoted the science of meteorology, and been tributary in many ways to the advancement of our knowledge of terrestrial phenomena. ... View quote
Samuel F. B. Morse

Samuel F. B. Morse

Samuel F. B. Morse - Image
Occupation: American Inventor
Born: April 27, 1791
Died: April 2, 1872
Quotes count: 10
Wikipedia: Samuel F. B. Morse

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