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Main Characters of the Trial Presiding judge: John Raulston Prosecutor: William Jennings Bryan Defendant: John Scopes Attorneys Tom Stewart Bryan His son Clarence Darrow Scopes Dudley Field Malone Arthur Garfield Hays Process of the Trial Darrow’s Opening Statement “ we are marching backwards to the glorious age of the 16th century when bigots（顽固者） lighted faggots（柴把）to burn the men who dared to bring any intelligence and enlightenment and culture to the human mind.” A woman whispered loudly, “that damned infidel(异教徒)” after his address. using the witness Bryan’s Attack addressing the jury “The Bible is not going to be driven out of this court by experts who come hundreds of miles to testify that they can reconcile evolution, with its ancestor in the jungle ,with man made by God in His image and put here for His purpose as part of a divine plan.” —William Jennings Bryan The audience burst into applause and shouts of “Amen” after the brief speech. Dudley Field Malone replies to the Bryan’s attack “There is never a duel with the truth, the truth always wins—and we are not afraid of it. The truth does not need Mr. Bryan. The truth is eternal, immortal and needs no human agency to support!” —Dudley Field Malone The court broke into a storm of applause that surpassed that for Bryan after Malone’s defense. Climax of the Trial Darrow’s trump card（王牌）—calling Bryan as the witness for the defense. -Darrow read from Genesis: “And the evening and the morning were the first day .” Then he asked Bryan if he believed that the sun was created on the fourth day .Bryan said that he did. -“ How coul