*Gilded Age* contains a court scene along with a print of "LAURA ON TRIAL."

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Twain in Washington ...

On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 1:50 PM, JULES AUSTIN HOJNOWSKI <[log in to unmask]>
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> The only book I can think of that had a court in it is the c. yankee one
> And I brought up the text or that book on my computer and did a search and
> =
> that phrase does not come up in that book.  I do not recall any of his
> othe=
> r works have a court scene in it.
>
> I am not sure that he wrote it. But I could be mistaken ;)
>
> Good luck.
> Jules
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Allen
> Brafman
> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2017 12:12 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: a question regarding intelligence
>
> someone please remind me in which of Twain's work is the court scene where
> =
> the narrative voice says something along the following lines:
>
>
> a person considers another person intelligent if that other person says
> som=
> ething that is in agreement with the first person's own thinking
>
>
> I thank you all in advance for your attention to this
>
>
> Allen Brafman
>



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