You say it well for me and many, Richard.  Thanks for writing.

Terry Oggel


On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 1:54 PM, richard bernal <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Being new here, I don't do this
>  very often, I can say I feel at home listening to all the Twain thoughts
> posted here... it's hard to explain to anyone how much this fellow 's words
> have meant to me, but I believe they wouldn't be lost here...I post this
> because I found a quote by him that I sadly enjoy.... " I have been reading
> the morning paper. I do it every morning-well knowing that I shall find in
> it the usual depravities & basenesses & hypocrisies & cruelties that make
> civilization, & cause me to put in the rest of the day pleading for the
> damnation of the human race. I cannot seem to get my prays answered. Yet I
> do not despair."  Mark Twain, letter to his friend Howells.
> No other writer has made me laugh like Twain does, but he can make me want
> to cry too...more than glad this forum is here.....
> Sent from my iPhone
>