Terry, 


Oscar Wilde died too soon; he owes you one. 


Well said, and happy retirement! 


Ben 


----- Original Message -----
From: "Terry Ballard" <[log in to unmask]> 
To: [log in to unmask] 
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 1:48:50 PM 
Subject: Re: Twain on Moderation? 

I used to say "Moderation is a good thing as long as you don't take it to 
extremes." Sadly as far as I can tell, Twain didn't say the one about 
moderation in moderation. When checking out one of these, I usually go to 
Google Books and search ending in 1920. True that he said some gems in 
speeches that may not have made it to print in his lifetime, but a zero hit 
count is pretty telling. Unless it turns up in a speech, this goes to that 
mountainous scrap heap of things that sound like Twain but aren't. 

Also, in case anyone out there is following my adventures, as of the 31st 
I'm removing lines 2-5 on my sig file below, to be replaced with "Retired 
Librarian." 


Terry Ballard 
Assistant Director of Technical Services for Library Systems 
The New York Law School 
185 West Broadway, New York, NY, 10013 
212-431-2106 
http://www.terryballard.org 
Author of the book "Google this" http://googlethisforlibraries.com 

"My memory has a mind of its own."