"Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds" is often, and erronously, thought to be the motto of what US government agency?
Mail journey, so many are the men and horses that stand along the road, each horse and man at the interval of a day's journey; and these are stayed neither by snow nor rain nor heat nor darkness from accomplishing their appointed course with all speed"". The verse prominently features on New York's James Farley Post Office, although it has been slightly rephrased to "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds". The economic growth and political stability under the Mauryan empire (322–185 BC) saw the development of
United States Postal Service creed ancient Persian system of mounted postal carriers c. 500 B.C. The inscription was added to the building by William M. Kendall of the architectural firm of McKim, Mead & White, the building's architects. It derives from a quote from Herodotus' "Histories", referring to the courier service of the ancient Persian Empire: United States Postal Service creed The words "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds" – although by no means an official creed or motto of the United States Postal Service – have long been associated