But as for the money, I don't think so much as I do the effect of this upon your reputation.

This is the apex of the pyramid." And Mr.Watson, in a letter of June 20, says: "We had many difficulties to contend with, even to-day, for at one time the Commissioner intended to withhold his decision for reasons which I shall explain at length when we meet.

It seemed to give the Commissioner much pleasure to think that, in extending the patent, he was doing an act of justice to you as a great public benefactor, and a somewhat unfortunate man of genius.

Dr.Gale and myself had to assure him that the extension would legally inure to your benefit, and not to that of your agents and associates before he could reconcile it with his duty to the public to grant the extension." Morse himself, in a letter to Mr.Kendall, also of June 20, thus characteristically expresses himself:-- "A memorable day.

I never had my anxieties so tried as in this case of extension, and after weeks of suspense, this suspense was prolonged to the last moment of endurance.