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Show History of the Post. A discuss! in of certnln postal grievances griev-ances In the British lioitse of commons hns recalled tho history of tho post. Posts nrc mentioned In scripture. In Job 9:25 It Is written: "My days nro swifter thnn n post," nnd again In tho hook of Esther, chnpter 8, letters vvero sent "by posts on horseback." Tho word, of course, hero mentis Yttnner. To Cyrus hns been ascribed tho estnb-llshmcnt estnb-llshmcnt of systematic couriers and post horses throughout Persia and Augustus Is credited with Introducing post chaises at Rome. It was In thu reign of James I. that a rtsa system was Introduced Into England. |