Steve Litt wrote:

> On Thursday 26 March 2009 09:15:25 am Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:
>> \newcommand*{\OriginalQuotation}{}
>> \let\OriginalQuotation\quotation
>> \renewcommand*{\quotation}{\OriginalQuotation\small}
>
> What's the purpose of \newcommand*{\OriginalQuotation}{}? I've always done 
> the 
> \let statements without first declaring them as a new command. Do you gain 
> anything by predeclaring them?

If \OriginalQuotation is already defined, you get an error message, so
you cannot inadvertently override an existing command.

Regards,
Dominik.-

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