"By means of electricity, the world of matter has become a great nerve,
vibrating thousands of miles in a breathless point of time....The round
globe is a vast...brain, instinct with intelligence!"
This was not the observation of a physicist--or a neurologist. Instead,
these visionary words were written in 1851 by Nathaniel Hawthorne, one
of [America]'s greatest writers, who was inspired by the development of
the telegraph.
For more information, go to:
"History of Internet and
WWW"