Yes, but it does not have the phrase he is looking for. I looked. Jules -----Original Message----- From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John H. Muller Sent: Monday, January 23, 2017 4:19 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: a question regarding intelligence *Gilded Age* contains a court scene along with a print of "LAURA ON TRIAL." http://bit.ly/2klaOY7 Twain in Washington ... On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 1:50 PM, JULES AUSTIN HOJNOWSKI <[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 > -- John Muller 202.236.3413 l [log in to unmask] Capital Community News l Greater Greater Washington *Frederick Douglass in Washington, D.C: The Lion of Anacostia <http://www.amazon.com/Frederick-Douglass-Washington-D-c-Anacostia/dp/1609495772/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=H42HP4SBZ8OA&coliid=I34OMAR1SV8L9G>* [The History Press, 2012] Winner of 2013 DC READS http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/Douglassi http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/JohnMul Mark Twain in Washington, D.C.: The Adventures of a Capital Correspondent <http://amzn.to/19PzIFd> [The History Press, 2013]