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the U.S. Post Office is so deeply attached to Herodotus’s description of the great king’s messengers of whom he wrote, “Neither rain, nor snow, nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed
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“The prejudice of Englishmen, in favour of their own government by king, lords and commons, arises as much or more from national pride than reason.”
― Common Sense
― Common Sense
“The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind. Many circumstances have, and will arise, which are not local, but universal,”
― Common Sense
― Common Sense
“However much the universe and its mysteries might call him, this was where he was born and where he belonged. It would never satisfy him, yet always he would return. He had gone half-way across the Galaxy to learn this simple truth.”
― The City and the Stars
― The City and the Stars
“People driven by emotion, she had convinced herself, were less content than those whose lives were calculated.”
― The Girl from Krakow
― The Girl from Krakow
“It was idle to speculate, to build pyramids of surmise on a foundation of ignorance.”
― The City and the Stars
― The City and the Stars
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