Under the sway of the machine, writes the German media scholar Friedrich A. Kittler , Nietzsche’s prose “changed from arguments to aphorisms, from thoughts to puns, from rhetoric to telegram style.”

受这台机器的支配，尼采的文章“论据变成了警句，思想变成了双关语，华丽的修辞变成了电文体。”

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The chief lawman of the town quickly sent a telegram to the governor of the state asking for help.

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He sat down at the side of the road and wrote a telegram to Secretary Stanton.

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Luce sent a telegram to Bourke-White, asking her to come to New York immediately.

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He got enough money for their trip to the United States, and sent his parents a telegram to make sure that they could get an exit visa.

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In a confidential telegram to President Mitterrand, dated 30 May, Margaret Thatcher said there was dismay in London at the prospect of French missiles ending up in Argentina.

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The Pope sent a telegram to his newly appointed successor as Buenos Aires Archbishop, Mario Poli, saying he was praying for those who died, their families and survivors of the disaster.

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