Of course, he did. And soon the heroes of the U.S. included daring telegraphers who would string lines of wire over the prairie, the deserts, and the mountains all the way to California. One of them was a small boy named Thomas Edison, who at eleven, built his own telegraph behind the house and learned Morse code. He later created some inventions of his own. Well, I am here in Lima because of another revolution.
Today there's no skepticism the way there was in Morse's day.
Let's get started. The benefits are endless. We can create opportunity, forge a stronger partnership, and most importantly we can have a technological revolution that improves everyone's lives.