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From: daveb@llama.rtech.UUCP (Dave Brower)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
Subject: Re: Query about analog mail system
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Date: 5 Jan 88 06:15:54 GMT
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In article <2048@geac.UUCP> bill@geac.UUCP (William Daddis) writes:
>The slogan is carved in the stonework of the U. S. Post
>Office in New York City.  As nearly as I can remember,
>it says "Neither rain nor snow nor dark of night shall
>stay these carriers from their appointed rounds."
                         ^
minor corrections, from dim memory:

s/carriers/couriers/
s/from/from swift completion of/

They probably carved those words when horses and carts were the main
mode of transport, and service has only marginally deteriorated since :-).

-dB
"I don't care what you say, as long as you spell my name right."
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