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Nope, not in that book
Jules

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From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Alan Kitty
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2017 2:31 PM
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Subject: Re: a question regarding intelligence

What about the courtroom scene in Colonel Sellers?  I don't recall if that s= cene 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 
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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 
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> that phrase does not come up in that book.  I do not recall any of his 
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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 
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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 
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> the narrative voice says something along the following lines:
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> 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

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