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Inherit the Wind

Jerome Lawrence

Inherit the Wind is an American play by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, which debuted in 1955. The story fictionalizes the 1925 Scopes "Monkey" Trial as a means to discuss the then-contemporary McCarthy trials.

“An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral. And the advance of man's knowledge is a greater miracle than all the sticks turned to snakes or the parting of the waters.”

Jerome Lawrence Inherit the Wind

Source: Inherit the Wind

“All motion is relative. Maybe it's you who've moved away by standing still.”

Jerome Lawrence Inherit the Wind

Source: Inherit the Wind

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