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The Story of Tom Morse Code

In 18 68, he headed to boston to work for western union. He was still working on inventions at night. But people were not taking him seriously in boston so he decided he needed to move out of boston and to the city that respected commerce more than boston. So he borrowed 35 dollars from a pal, which was a lot of money, and hopped on a steamship from boston to new york. Of course, he was also broke and in debt. I mean, who hasn't been there? And 22 years old, right? The friend he was supposed to be staying with wasn't home, and so he was kind of homeless. After trying to

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