The epigraphs in *GR*

[Dave Monroe]

Thanks!  Couldn't find my Tabbi, spent all day sleeping, so ...

Murthy Yenamandra wrote:

> jbor writes:
> > Nice thought. There seems to have been some doubt regarding the attribution
> > of the von Braun quote in the archives, from the redoubtable Tim Ware no
> > less:
> > > From: timware at crl.com (Tim Ware)
> > > Date: 2 Feb 1996 22:43:27 -0800
> > > [...] If the Grandma
> > > Moses bit doesn't convince, a bit of checking reveals no such volume
> > > entitled "The Third Book of Words to Live By."
>
> A bit of further checking indicates there is indeed such a book, unless the
> Library of Congress is in on the hoax. Here is the relevant record:
>
>     LC Control Number: 62009598
>     Type of Material: Book (Print, Microform, Electronic, etc.)
>     Brief Description: Nichols, William Ichabod, 1905- ed.
>         The third book of Words to live by; selected and interpreted by seventy-eight eminent men and women.
>         New York, Simon and Schuster, 1962.
>         224 p. 21 cm.
>     CALL NUMBER: BJ1548 .N5 1962
>     Copy 1
>     -- Request in: Jefferson or Adams Bldg General or Area Studies Reading Rms
>     -- Status: Not Charged
>
> You can look it up yourself at "http://lcweb.loc.gov".
>
> Murthy
>
> --
> Murthy Yenamandra                  mailto:yenamand at cs.umn.edu
> Dept of Computer Science           University of Minnesota
> "I strive to be brief, but I become obscure." - Horace