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e sum at half a million dollars as the least that they could feel to be at all compatible with their dignity. I hope you will acknowledge it more as a tribute to the merits of your invention than as an adequate reward for it." And in a letter of June 5, answering one of Morse's which must have contained some expressions of gratitude, Mr. Kendall says further: "In reference to the second subject of your letter, I have to say that it is only as a tribute to the superiority of your invention that the European grant can, in my opinion, be considered either 'generous' or 'magnanimous.' As an indemnity it is niggardly and mean." It will be in place to record here the testimonials of the different nations of Europe to the Inventor of the Telegraph, manifested in various forms:-- _France._ A contributor to the honorary gratuity, and the decoration of the Legion of Honor. _Prussia._ The Scientific Gold Medal of Prussia set in the lid of a gold snuff-box. _Austria._ A contributor to the honorary gratuity, and the Scientific Gold Medal of Austria. _Russia._ A contributor to the honorary gratuity. _Spain._ The cross of Knight Commander de Numero of the order of Isabella the Catholic. _Portugal._ The cross of a Knight of the Tower and Sword. _Italy._ A contributor to the honorary gratuity, and the cross of a Knight of Saints Lazaro and Mauritio. _Wuerttemberg._ The Scientific Gold Medal of Wuerttemberg. _Turkey._ A contributor to the honorary gratuity, and the decoration in diamonds of the Nishan Iftichar, or Order of Glory. _Denmark._ The cross of Knight Commander of the Dannebrog. _Holy See._ A contributor to the honorary gratuity. _Belgium._ A contributor to the honorary gratuity. _Holland._ A contributor to the honorary gratuity. _Sweden._ A contributor to the honorary gratuity. _Great Britain._ Nationally nothing. _Switzerland._ Nationally nothing. _Saxony._ Nationally nothing. The decorations and medals enumerated above, with the exception of the Danish cross, which had to be returned at the death of the recipient, and one of the medals, which mysteriously disappeared many years ago, are now in the Morse case at the National Museum in Washington, having been presented to that institution by the children and grandchildren of the inventor. It should be added that, in addition to the honors bestowed on him by foreign governments, he was made a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences o
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