“If they believe it, they go back to scoff at the religion of their parents.”

— William Jennings Bryan

On evolution, in transcript of the fifth day's proceedings (16 Jul 1925) in The World's Most Famous Court Trial: Tennessee Evolution Case: a Complete Stenographic Report of the Famous Court Test of the Tennessee Anti-Evolution Act, at Dayton, July 10 to 21, 1925, Including Speeches and Arguments of Attorneys (1925), by John Thomas Scopes, p. 175
Scopes Trial (1925)

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United States Secretary of State 1860–1925

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