You could go to Gutenberg's combined collection of Twain's works and search for a phrase; I searched for "intelligent" there and found 99 occurrences. http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3200 - B. Clay Shannon From: Matthew Seybold <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Monday, January 23, 2017 11:57 AM Subject: Re: a question regarding intelligence There may be some variation upon this in the trial of Laura Hawkins in = THE GILDED AGE or in PUDD=E2=80=99NHEAD, but this sounds to me like the = lines from CHRISTIAN SCIENCE: =E2=80=9CWe know exactly where to put our finger upon his insanity: it = is where his opinion differs from ours=E2=80=A6The rule is perfect: in = all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane.=E2=80=9D (Chapter V) =20 > On Jan 23, 2017, at 2:31 PM, Alan Kitty <[log in to unmask]> = wrote: >=20 > What about the courtroom scene in Colonel Sellers? I don't recall if = that s=3D > cene also appeared in Gilded Age. These references assume of course = that a "=3D > book" also might include a play. >=20 > Sent from my iPhone >=20 >> On Jan 23, 2017, at 1:50 PM, JULES AUSTIN HOJNOWSKI = <[log in to unmask]> wr=3D > ote: >> =3D20 >> 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 > =3D3D >> that phrase does not come up in that book. I do not recall any of = his oth=3D > e=3D3D >> r works have a court scene in it. >> =3D20 >> I am not sure that he wrote it. But I could be mistaken ;) >> =3D20 >> Good luck. >> Jules >> =3D20 >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Allen = Brafma=3D > n >> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2017 12:12 PM >> To: [log in to unmask] >> Subject: a question regarding intelligence >> =3D20 >> someone please remind me in which of Twain's work is the court scene = where=3D > =3D3D >> the narrative voice says something along the following lines: >> =3D20 >> =3D20 >> a person considers another person intelligent if that other person = says so=3D > m=3D3D >> ething that is in agreement with the first person's own thinking >> =3D20 >> =3D20 >> I thank you all in advance for your attention to this >> =3D20 >> =3D20 >> Allen Brafman