In 1871 a bronze statue of Morse was erected in Central Park, New York City, and the following year, on April 2, the great inventor died, simple, dignified, and kindly to the end.
PREPARED BY THE EDITORIAL STAFF OF THE MENTOR ASSOCIATION
ILLUSTRATION FOR THE MENTOR, VOL. 1, No. 29, SERIAL No. 29
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL
GREAT AMERICAN INVENTORS
Alexander Graham Bell
FIVE
One hot afternoon in June, about forty years ago, a young man was standing in a grimy workshop by the side of a crude little machine composed of a clock spring reed, a magnet, and a wire. He was bending over this queer machine listening intently. Suddenly he bent nearer, a startled look of excitement upon his face. From the clock spring had come a faint, almost inaudible sound. The young man straightened up and ran into an adjoining room, where another man stood near a second instrument similar to the first.
“Snap that reed again!” he cried excitedly.