YOUR KINDLE NOTES FOR:Mr. Lincoln's T-Mails: How Abraham Lincoln Used the Telegraph to Win the Civil Warby Tom WheelerFree Kindle instant preview: http://a.co/aUUIOj17 Highlights | 7 NotesHighlight (Yellow) and Note | Location 124Perhaps even more important, however, at a time when the Union cause was faltering on the field was that Abraham Lincoln embraced the new electronic message capability and thus imposed his leadership in a manner and to a depth never before permitted any other leader in history.messages matterHighlight (Yellow) and Note | Location 131THERE WERE OVER 135 billion e-mails sent every day in 2005.7.5 billion people sent 135 billion emails daily 14 years agoHighlight (Yellow) and Note | Location 136We know how the acceleration in the flow of such information has sped up our lives and the pace of our decision making; the impact of such acceleration on Abraham Lincoln was even greater.Abe led a busy life Highlight (Yellow) and Note | Page 2Abraham Lincoln discovered the power of the telegraph to project his voice, as well as to extend his eyes and ears.the news extends eyes and ears Highlight (Yellow) and Note | Page 6Lincoln was so comfortable with technology that he is still the only president of the United States to hold a patent.Yay, Abe!
Highlight (Yellow) and Note | Page 20It was easier for a member of Congress in the 1960s to comprehend placing a man on the moon than it was for his or her counterpart in the 1840s to grasp the concept of sending messages by electric sparks.we are used to new inventions Highlight (Yellow) and Note | Page 38Such key government facilities as the War Department and Navy Yard had not yet been connected to the telegraph because the technology was still so alien to those in charge. Oh, that silly thing