>From <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Farley_Post_Office>
The building prominently bears the inscription: Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds, which is frequently mistaken as an official motto of the United States Postal Service. It was actually supplied by William Mitchell Kendall of the firm of McKim, Mead & White, the architects who designed the Farley Building and the original Pennsylvania Station in the same Beaux-Arts style. The sentence is taken from Herodotus' Histories (Book 8, Ch. 98) and describes the faithful service of the Persian system of mounted postal messengers under Xerxes I of Persia. The USPS does not actually have an official motto or creed, but nonetheless the inscription on the building is often recognized as such. Geekily yours- Mike in frigid So. Boston, Mass (where neither snow, cold, or gloom of night stayed me from riding my bike in at 5.45 this morning....) On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 4:44 PM, Horace <max...@sdf.lonestar.org> wrote: > > "Neither snow nor rain nor heat of day nor gloom of night shall stay > these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds." > > On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 1:05 PM, MichaelH <mhech...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> My copies of BQ and the Rivendell Holiday Catalog arrived today! >> >> peace, shalom, salaam, >> Michael >> Westford, Vt >> > >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
