Herodotus, Inscription on the front of the Post office, New York City.
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Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.
— Herodotus on Mail
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Source: Wikiquote: "Mail" (Quotes, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations: Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 617-18.)
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About Herodotus
Herodotus of Halicarnassus (Greek: Ἡρόδοτος, Hēródotos) (c. 484 BC – c. 425 BC) was a historian, known for his writings on the conflict between Greece and Persia, as well as the descriptions he wrote of different places and people he met on his travels.
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