What about the courtroom scene in Colonel Sellers?  I don't recall if that scene also appeared in Gilded Age. These references assume of course that a "book" also might include a play.

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> On Jan 23, 2017, at 1:50 PM, JULES AUSTIN HOJNOWSKI <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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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
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> Subject: a question regarding intelligence
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> 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
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> 
> I thank you all in advance for your attention to this
> 
> 
> Allen Brafman