I hadn't thot of Hadleyburg...it is a good lead...I hope to check it out...Thank you...AAB



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From: William Cosgrove <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Mon, Jan 23, 2017 2:51 pm
Subject: Re: a question regarding intelligence

	I believe there are court scenes and trials in =B3The Mysterious Stranger=
=B2
and in =B3The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg.=B2

Bill Cosgrove
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On 1/23/17, 12:50 PM, "Mark Twain Forum on behalf of JULES AUSTIN
HOJNOWSKI" <[log in to unmask] on behalf of [log in to unmask]> wrote:

>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 =3D
>that phrase does not come up in that book. I do not recall any of his
>othe=3D
>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 =3D
>the narrative voice says something along the following lines:
>
>
>a person considers another person intelligent if that other person says
>som=3D
>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