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Re: Did Mark Twain say it?
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Wed, 14 Aug 2019 17:27:19 -0500
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On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 4:33 PM John H. Muller <
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> When Clemens / Twain was in Washington City (winter 1867 - 1868) he
> reportedly hit the John Barleycorn with fellow Washington Letter writers.
>
> On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 2:27 PM Kenneth Sanderson <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
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> > A number of sites attribute this quotation to Mark Twain, but none of
> them
> > give a source.  Can anyone verify that this is by MT? "Too much of
> anything
> > is bad, but too much good whiskey is barely enough."  It is probably not
> a
> > coincidence that it pops up on sites of whiskey distillers.
> >
> > Ken Sanderson
> >
>
>
> --
> John Muller
> 202.236.3413
> Capital Community News l Greater Greater Washington l Washington Syndicate
>
> *Frederick Douglass in Washington, D.C: The Lion of Anacostia
> <
> http://www.amazon.com/Frederick-Douglass-Washington-D-c-Anacostia/dp/1609495772/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=H42HP4SBZ8OA&coliid=I34OMAR1SV8L9G
> >*
> [The
> History Press, 2012]  Winner of 2013 DC READS
> Mark Twain in Washington, D.C.: The Adventures of a Capital Correspondent
> <http://amzn.to/19PzIFd> [The History Press, 2013]
>

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