Inherit the Wind Page #2

This isn't from the tree of knowledge.

Oh, no.

You won't find one growing

in "Heavenly Hillsboro. "

A few ignorance bushes, perhaps,

but no tree of knowledge.

Ask adam.

You make me sound like a martyr.

You could be.

Martyrs always have a point to prove,

and so do you,

but you haven't won your halo yet.

that won't come until they've tossed you

into the arena...

with the lion.

You mean Brady

I don't want Bert to be a martyr.

What are you trying to prove, anyway

Rach, I'm not trying to prove anything.

All I want to do is teach my students

that man just wasn't planted here

like a Geranium in a flowerpot

that life comes from a long miracle.

It just didn't take 7 days.

But it's against the law.

a schoolteacher's a public servant.

He should do what the law and

the school board want him to.

Has the accused anything

to say in his own defense

If not, I sentence you to life

as a public servant,

a silent butler in the service of

your school board.

Wastebaskets for ideas on sale

in the outer lobby.

I don't see anything funny in this,

Mr. Hornbeck.

Objection sustained.

Neither do I.

Then why don't you just leave us alone

You newspaper people

have stirred up enough trouble for Bert.

what do you want, anyway

I came to tell boy Socrates here

that the Baltimore Herald

is opposed to Hemlock,

and will provide a lawyer.

Who

Who

I don't know yet, but what's the difference

A new lawyer with old tricks,

An old lawyer with new tricks.

Wake up, Copernicus.

The law is still on the side

of the lawmakers,

and everything revolves around

their terra firma.

Then why bother, you and your newspaper

Because I know that the sunrise

is an optical illusion.

My teacher told me so.

You don't seem like the kind of person

who'd want to bother.

You seem so...

cynical.

True, true

That's part of my fascination

I do hateful things

for which people love me

and I do lovable things for

which they hate me.

I'm admired for my detestability.

Now, don't worry, little Eva.

I may be rancid butter,

but I'm on your side of the bread.

Give me that old time religion

Give me that old time religion

Give me that old time religion

It's good enough for me

Give me that old time religion

Give me that old time religion

Give me that old time religion

It's good enough for me

It was good for old Jonah

It was good for old Jonah

It was good for old Jonah

and it's good enough for me

Give me that old time religion

Give me that old time religion

Give me that old time religion

it's good enough for me

it was good for little David

it was good for little David

it was good for little David

and it's good enough for me

Oh, give me that old time religion

Give me that old time religion

Give me that old time religion

It's good enough for me

Just give me that old time religion

Give me that old time religion

Give me that old time religion

It's good enough for me

It was good for little David

It was good for little David

It was good for little David

and it's good enough for me

Oh, give me that old time religion

Give me that old time religion

Give me that old time religion

It's good enough for me

Just give me that old time religion

Give me that old time religion

Give me that old time religion

It's good enough for me

It was good for old Jonah

It was good for old Jonah

It was good for old Jonah

and it's good enough for me

It was good for old Jonah

It was good for old Jonah

It was good for old Jonah

and it's good enough for me

Oh, give me that old time religion

Give me that old time religion

Give me that old time religion

It's good enough for me

Matthew Harrison Brady...

as mayor of Hillsboro,

may I say that this municipality

is proud to have within its city limits

the warrior who has always fought

for us ordinary people.

Why the lady folk of this town

would not have the vote

If it hadn't been for you fighting

To give them all that suffrage.

Mr. President Wilson would not have

got to the white house

and won the war

If it hadn't been for you supporting him

and being his secretary of state

In conclusion, the governor of our

glorious state

has vested in me the authority

to confer upon you a commission

as honorary colonel in the state militia.

If it's good enough for Brady...

If it's good enough for Brady

then it's good enough for me

Col. Brady...

I like the sound of that.

Friends, Mrs. Brady and I are delighted

to be among you.

We all voted for you... 3 times!

I trust it was in 3 separate elections.

I could only wish for one thing...

that you had not given us quite so

warm a welcome.

Mr. Brady

Mr. Brady

Yes

Here you are.

Oh, bless you, bless you.

And Mrs. Brady.

Thank you.

And now then,

Who, may I ask, is the, uh, spiritual

leader of the community

The Rev.

Jeremiah Brown

Go on,

Reverend.

How are you, Reverend

Will you stand here at my side thank you.

Ahem.

My friends of Hillsboro,

You know why I have come here.

It is not merely to prosecute a lawbreaker,

a young man who has spoken out

against the revealed word.

I have come here

because what has happened

in a schoolroom in your town

has unloosed a wicked attack

from the big cities of the north.

We did not seek this struggle.

We are simple folk,

who seek only to live in brotherhood

and peace,

to cherish our loved ones,

to teach our children

the ways of righteousness

and of the lord.

But what would they teach them,

these idolaters,

these priests of "evil-ution"

what would they have them do

they would have them measure

the distance between the stars

and forget him who holds the

stars in his hands.

they are lost, my friends.

For, I tell you, if man believes

he is descended from the beasts,

he must remain a beast!

and as the young wolf turns upon the old,

these innocent ones, corrupted

and despairing of salvation,

will turn upon their fathers,

and our land will become a land of

sodom and gomorrah

of pestilence, of fire,

of hatred and of death.

I disagree.

Who are you

Uh, Hornbeck.

E.K. Hornbeck of the Baltimore Herald.

Oh, yeah.

Yes, I know your paper...

and your writings, Sir.

Ladies and gentlemen

my paper is happy to announce

that it is sending two representatives

to, uh, "Heavenly Hillsboro"...

the most gifted reporter in America today...

Myself...

and the most agile legal mind

of the 20th century...

Henry Drummond.

who's Henry Drummond

We'll send him back to hell!

ride him out on a rail!

Don't let him into town!

Keep him out!

No, no, no.

I believe we should welcome Henry Drummond.

If the enemy sends his goliath into battle,

it magnifies our cause.

Henry Drummond has stalked

the courtrooms of this land

for 40 years.

When he fights, headlines follow.

The whole world will be watching our

victory over Drummond.

If st. george had killed a dragonfly

instead of a dragon,

who would remember him

We here in Hillsboro have not

only the opportunity

to slay the devil's disciple

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