Inherit the Wind Page #6

I have reason to be.

I have messages of encouragement

from the governors of 22 states.

He still has a loud voice.

He still has something to say, Henry.

You mean about how everybody else

should live

Oh, don't be cynical.

I think every man longs to be

his brother's keeper

and to be cared for in return.

It sounds more convincing coming from you.

He doesn't have a blue feather in his hat,

that's all.

You know, looking back,

I don't think Matt would have made

a great president,

But I would have voted for him for king..

just to have you for queen.

and what would you have been

Your majesty's loyal opposition.

"... of our belief in the written

word of the bible.

I believe that Hillsboro... "

Pardon me,

"... will become the shrine

of all" those millions upon millions

"who find a rallying point

"for their expression of God's will. "

Now, that's all for today, gentlemen.

Hearken to the word!

Hearken to the word!

The word tells us

that the world was created in 6 days.

In the beginning, the earth

was without form, and void,

and the lord said, "Let there be light. "

Yeah! Yeah!

And there was light!

Amen!

And the lord saw the light,

and the light saw the lord

And the light said, am I good, lord

And the lord said, thou art good.

And the evening and the morning

were the 1st day.

and the lord said, "Let there be

a firmament. "

And even as he spoke, it was so.

And the evening and the morning

were the 2nd day!

On the 3rd day,

Brought he forth the dry land,

and the grass, and the fruit tree,

and on the 4th day, the sun,

the moon and the stars,

and he pronounced them good.

The 5th day peopled he the

sea with fish

and the air with fowl,

and made he the great whale,

and he blessed them all!

But...

on the morning of the 6th day,

the lord rose, and his eye was dark,

and the scowl lay across his face.

Why

Why was the lord troubled

Why tell us!

Tell us the troubles of the lord!

Tell us the troubles of the lord!

The lord looked around him,

did the lord, at all his handiwork

Bowed down before him, and he said,

"It is not good! It is not enough!

It is not finished!"

"I shall make me...

a man!"

Do we believe

Yes!

Do we believe the word

Yes!

Do we believe the truth of the word

Yes!

Do we curse the man who denies the word

Yes!

Do we call down hellfire

on the man who has sinned against the word

Yes!

Whatever happened to silent prayer

O lord of the tempest and the thunder,

strike down this sinner

as thou did thine enemies of old

in the days of the pharaohs.

Let him know the terror of thy sword!

Let his soul for all eternity

writhe in anguish and damnation!

No!

No, Pa!

Don't pray to destroy Bert!

Lord, we ask the same curse

for those who ask grace for this sinner

though they be blood of my blood

and flesh of my flesh!

Rev. Brown, Rev-Rev. Brown,

I know it's the great zeal of your faith

which makes you utter this prayer,

but it is possible to be overzealous,

to destroy that which you hope to save

so that nothing is left but emptiness.

remember the wisdom of solomon

in the book of proverbs...

"he that troubleth

his own house"

shall inherit the wind. "

The bible also tells us that

God forgives his children,

and we as children of God should

forgive each other

My good friends, return to your homes.

Go home.

The blessings of the lord be with you all.

We'll take you home, my dear.

I can't go home. He hates me.

He doesn't hate you.

He damned me.

My own father damned me to hell.

No man has the power to damn.

He's always done it.

He did it to Bert and the little

Stebbins boy.

Stebbins boy

That's how the whole thing started.

the Stebbins boy was just an innocent child.

God has no wrath for the innocent, my dear.

That's what Bert said.

He u... he used to say that when we...

when we were together.

I- if I could justexplain it clearly,

then you'd understand.

Mr. Brady, please, I...

We'll do all we can to help you.

Come. Now, let's go home.

I'll be right up, Sarah.

All right, Matt.

Good night, Henry.

good night.

You're up late.

Too hot to sleep.

No use trying to fool ourselves, Henry

We're just not the men we used to be.

Ha ha!

By the size of that meal

you packed away tonight,

I'd say you hadn't changed in 40 years.

Funny how 2 people

can start from the same point and...

drift apart.

It's the nature of the life process.

There used to be a mutuality

of understanding and...

admiration between us, Henry.

Why is it, my old friend, that you've...

you've moved so far away from me

Well, all motion is relative, Matt.

Maybe it's you who have

moved away by standing still.

Hmm.

If progress means abandoning God

abandoning the faith of our fathers...

I saw a demonstration of that faith tonight.

it's a pretty deadly instrument, I'd say.

What you saw was a reflection

of the violence and hate

in the world around them,

Henry... your world

But they're driven to it

because their faith was challenged.

These are simple people, Henry, poor people.

they work hard

and they need to believe in something...

something beautiful.

They're seeking for something

more perfect than what they have

Window shopping for heaven.

why do you want to take it

away from them, Henry

it's all they have...

like a golden chalice of hope.

Ah.

Like my golden dancer.

Your what?

Golden dancer.

She stood in the big side window

in the general store in Wakeman, Ohio.

I'd stand out on the street

and say to myself,

"if I had golden dancer, I'd have

everything in the world I ever wanted. "

I was about 7 years old at the time

and a great judge of rocking horses.

Golden dancer had a bright-red mane,

blue eyes,

and she was gold all over with purple spots.

And when the sun hit her stirrups,

She was a dazzling sight to behold.

But she was a week's wages for my father,

So golden dancer and I

always had a big plate-glass window

between us.

And then...

Let's see...

It couldn't have been christmas.

It must have been my birthday.

I woke in the morning,

and there was golden dancer

at the foot of my bed.

Mom had skimped on the groceries,

and my father had worked nights for a month.

I jumped into the saddle,

and I started to rock...

and it broke.

No

Split in 2. The wood was rotten.

The whole thing was put together

with spit and sealing wax.

All shine and no substance,

And that's how I feel about that

demonstration I saw tonight, Matt...

All glitter and glamour.

You say you're giving the people hope

I think you're stealing their hope.

Oh no, Henry...

As long as the prerequisite

for that shining paradise

is ignorance, bigotry, and hate...

I say, "the hell with it. "

We had to keep an open mind

on the origin of species.

Very interesting, Howard.

Very interesting.

Now, go on, Howard

tell us what else Mr. Cates told you

in the classroom

Well, he said at first

the earth was too hot for any kind of life.

then it cooled off a mite,

and cells and things began to grow.

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