The theme of Inherit the Wind is democracy, the right to think. When Drummond wasn't allowed to call any of his witnesses to the stand, he was hopeless. And in his desperation he came up with an idea to bring "the Pr

ophet from Nebraska" himself up, Matthew Harrison Brady. In the midst of explaining his reasoning for belief in Darwin, the Origin of Species, he says something that illustrates the significance of thought. "An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral." What Drummond means is that an idea can move mankind ahead in their struggle for adaptation to the ever-changing world. Meanwhile, religion is a nice thing when it can comfort and soothe, but to rely solely upon it will hold you back. Previously in the play, when Drummond is questioning Howard, a student of Cates, he asks him something that helps further prove the point of thinking. "You figure a tractors sinful, because it isn't mentioned in the Bible?" If we were to directly follow the Bible there would be no tractors, or even telephones for that matte

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