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 other 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

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 something that is in agreement with the first person's own thinking


I thank you all in advance for your attention to this


Allen Brafman