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Physicist Joseph Henry made this comment shortly before his death in 1878.  Henry created the world’s first telegraph line on the Princeton campus during his tenure as a professor of natural philosophy.  He remained at Princeton for twelve years, until his appointment as the first secretary of the new Smithsonian Institution.  The campus home that he designed in 1837, known as the Joseph Henry House, is still located on University grounds, though it has been moved three times since itsconstruction.  Henry’s image appears on a stained glass window in the Chapel’s southern wall, and a statue of him stands to the right of the former main entrance to Palmer Physical Laboratory (now the Frist Campus Center).

• To learn more about Joseph Henry, see icon #7, and Café Vivian picture #83.
  
  
•  To learn more about notable Princeton professors, see icon #7, quotation #6, 13, 15, 20, 21, 26, 27, 31, 32, 34, and 40, and Café Vivian picture #10, 14, 17, 22, 25, 29, 43, 51, 57, 59, 60, 68, 75, 87, 94, 101, and 108.
  
  
• To learn more about the history of science at Princeton, see icon #2, 5, 6, and 7, quotation #9, 27, and 34, and Café Vivian picture #14, 15, 22, 25, 32, 35, 41, 43, 51, 64, 75, 78, 83, 87, 90, 114, and 131.
  
  
• To learn more about the Frist Campus Center, see icon #5 and 8, quotation #5, and 7, and Café Vivian picture #114 and 124.
  
  
• To learn more about campus grounds and buildings, see icon #1, 5, and 8, quotation #5, 7, 9, and 28, and Café Vivian picture #4, 6, 7, 8, 11, 16, 20, 25, 30, 33, 37, 40, 46, 48, 54, 58, 61, 62, 67, 68, 71, 78, 85, 87, 95, 100, 101, 102, 104, 105, 108, 109, 111, 118, 124, 127, and 133.

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