To: freedom44
Thanks freedom. What I love about this board is all the learning. I think we get a better education on this board than most universities.
4 posted on
02/28/2004 5:43:23 PM PST by
McGavin999
(Evil thrives when good men do nothing!)
To: McGavin999
The quotation "Neither rain, nor snow, nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds" is attributed to Herodotus, describing the Persian "postal" system.
There are ancient references to the "Laws of the Medes and Persians." There may even be a biblical reference.
5 posted on
02/28/2004 9:25:42 PM PST by
Doctor Stochastic
(Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
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