He had done his part, and it now remained for men of different abilities to take up his telephone and adapt it to the uses and conditions of the business world.
The first man to undertake this work was Gardiner G.Hubbard, who became soon afterwards the father-in-law of Bell.

He, too, was a man of enthusiasm rather than of efficiency.

He was not a man of wealth or business experience, but he was admirably suited to introduce the telephone to a hostile public.

His father had been a judge of the Massachusetts Supreme Court; and he himself was a lawyer whose practice had been mainly in matters of legislation.

He was, in 1876, a man of venerable appearance, with white hair, worn long, and a patriarchal beard.