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The United States Postal Service has no official creed or motto. Often falsely cited as such, "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds" is merely an inscription on the James Farley Post Office derived from a comment by Herodotus, who was actually referring to the ancient courier service of the Persian Empire.

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United States Postal Service: :This article describes the United States Postal Service. For the band named The Postal Service see The Postal Service....

James Farley Post Office: The James A. Farley Post Office,New York City's General Post Office, is located located at 421 Eighth Avenue, between 31st and 33rd Streets in Manhattan, across the street from Pennsylvania Station and Madison Square Garden. The building, bearing the inscription: Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor ...

Herodotus: Herodotus of Halicarnassus (Greek: ΗΡΟΔΟΤΟΣ, Herodotos) was an ancient historian who lived in the 5th century BC (484 BC-ca. 425 BC). He is famous for his writings on the conflict between Greece and Persia, as well as the descriptions he wrote of diffe...


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