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 Gen. Stewart—The law says teach, not sell.

(Laughter in the courtroom.)

Mr. Darrow—And this part on page 194 was read, was it?

A—Yes, sir.

Q—That was opened and read.

A—Yes, sir. That was opencd and read.

Q—And any part of 195?

A—Yes, sir.

Q—And then I think another page, another I think some place. I don't remember.

Q—Well, now read it. It has not been read?

"The Doctrine of Evolution—We have now learned that animal forms may be arranged so as to begin with very simple one-celled forms and culminate with a group which contains man himself. This arrangeuentarrangement [sic] is called the evolutionary series. Evolution means change, and these groups are believed by scientists to represent stages in complexity of development of life on the earth. Geology teaches that millions of years ago, life upon the earth was very simple, and that gradually more and more complex forms of life appeared, as the rocks formed latest in time show the most highly developed forms of animal life. The great English scientist, Charles Darwin, from this and other evidence, explained the theory of evolution. This is the belief that simple forms of life on earth slowly and gradually gave rise to those more complex and that thus ultimately the most complex forms came into existence."

Q—Did you examine this evolutionary tree?

A—Yes, sir.

Q—You don't know whether man is in there, do you?

A—Yes, sir; man is in here.

Q—I am afraid they left him out. You put him in with the mammals, but nothing in there—the word man is not written in there, is it?

A—I don't believe it is; the word man is not, but it says in the books—

Q—I am going to read the rest on the other page. This table down here:

"The number of Animal Species. Over 500,000 species of animals are known to exist today."

That wasn't read was it?

A—I think the whole book was read.

Q—Not the whole book?

A—I don't know. We read most of the book.

Q—Do you know what was read?

A—That was read, that page was read.

Q—Take the table?

A—Well, I don't know about that.

Mr. Darrow—Do you claim anything on the table? If you don't I will not incumber the record.

(Thereupon counsel conferred out of the hearing of the jury and the shorthand reporters.)

Mr. Darrow—That is followed by table. "Over 500,000 species of animals are known to exist today, as the following table shows:

I would rather you read this, I don't know whether you can read it?

Gen. Stewart—I don't care whether you read it at all, or not.

Mr. Darrow: