There are small things, small phrases from the history of our country (Argentina), that deserve not to be forgotten.
It turns out that the 1870s were running, and evidently communication was important in that era too. Dalmacio Vélez Sarfield, a notable Argentine politician and lawyer who at that time was Minister of the Interior under Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, had funds available to build roads, and foreseeing that the opposition would deny a special allocation of funds for other matters, he diverted part of those funds to build telegraphs. A device that was of vital importance for the development of communications during the 19th century.
When the opposition confronted him for having diverted part of those funds, he responded with an unmatched metaphor, he simply said: “They are the paths of the word.”
The importance of the word is vital. As my father used to say, the human being is a wild animal, pacified by the use of the word.
The word saves us from barbarism, from violence, from the destruction of others and of ourselves.
Today it’s 2016 and the word already has highways, almost teleportation at a global level, but probably not everywhere. Let’s not neglect the paths of the word, regardless of the era, or the devices through which it travels, the word will continue to be extremely important. That’s it.