I believe there are court scenes and trials in ³The Mysterious Stranger² and in ³The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg.² Bill Cosgrove Professor Emeritus of English North Dakota State University 6104 Tracy Ave. So. Edina, MN 55436 952-929-1393 [log in to unmask] Good site: www.brainpickings.org Author: ³Sligo Town to South Saint Paul: Two Irish Families, One Irish Family Man.² (Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1592988199) 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 = >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