Nope neither of these either.
Jules

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Subject: Re: a question regarding intelligence

There may be some variation upon this in the trial of Laura Hawkins in = THE GILDED AGE or in PUDD=E2=80=99NHEAD, but this sounds to me like the = lines from CHRISTIAN SCIENCE:

=E2=80=9CWe know exactly where to put our finger upon his insanity: it = is where his opinion differs from ours=E2=80=A6The rule is perfect: in = all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane.=E2=80=9D (Chapter V)
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> On Jan 23, 2017, at 2:31 PM, Alan Kitty <[log in to unmask]> =
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> What about the courtroom scene in Colonel Sellers?  I don't recall if 
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> cene also appeared in Gilded Age. These references assume of course =
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> book" also might include a play.
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> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Jan 23, 2017, at 1:50 PM, JULES AUSTIN HOJNOWSKI =
<[log in to unmask]> wr=3D
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>> The only book I can think of that had a court in it is the c. yankee 
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>> And I brought up the text or that book on my computer and did a =
search and=3D
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>> that phrase does not come up in that book.  I do not recall any of =
his oth=3D
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>> r works have a court scene in it.
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>> I am not sure that he wrote it. But I could be mistaken ;)
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>> Good luck.
>> Jules
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Allen =
Brafma=3D
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>> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2017 12:12 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: a question regarding intelligence
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>> someone please remind me in which of Twain's work is the court scene 
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>> the narrative voice says something along the following lines:
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>> =3D20
>> a person considers another person intelligent if that other person =
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>> ething that is in agreement with the first person's own thinking
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>> I thank you all in advance for your attention to this
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>> Allen Brafman