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."