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168 law, there ought to be some remedy for it.

Mr. Darrow—Wait a minute, colonel. You do think the physical man is like God?

B. G. McKenzie—Why, yes, I do and I will give you my reason.

Mr. Darrow—I think God knows better. You think men must believe that to believe the Bible, that the physical man as we see him looks like God.

B. G. McKenzie—Yes, sir, and I will give you my reasons as soon as you want them.

Mr. Darrow—And when you see man, you see a picture of God.

B. M. McKenzie—Like unto Him and made in His image; and the reason why I believe that firmly is be- cause the Bible teaches it. When Christ came to earth—and I believe in the virgin birth of Christ.

Mr. Neal—Mr. McKenzie?

B. G. McKenzie—What is it, Mr. Neal? Do you want to ask a question?

Mr. Neal—Do you think if a teacher in the Tennessee schools if he failed to teach that man is physically like God, would be violating the statute?

B. G. McKenzie—Well, we will try that law suit when we get to it. Let us talk about the matters involved in this case.

Mr. Darrow—Let me ask another question?

B, G. McKenzie—All right.

Mr. Darrow—I don't think we will have any trouble as long as he gives me the title of colonel. He is calling everybody else colonel. You spoke about it taking a good many thousand years to get man under our theory. You said there was the first day, the second day, the third day, the fourth day, the fifth day, the sixth day, and so on. Do you think they were literal days?

B. G. McKenzie—Colonel, we didn't have any sun until the fourth day. I believe the Biblical account. Now, in regard to Christ being just a man, walking around looking like us. I believe He was the same, a man of sorrow and grief, crucified for us. And I believe that still. And when He was here, He was like other men, but he was in the image of God. And that is why I believe He was in the image of man.

Mr. Malone—Your honor, I am objecting, on this ground. I don't know whether the general is arguing now, or testifying as an expert witness on the other side.

B. G. McKenzie—He is objecting to me, yet, Mr. Malone said a speech of an hour yesterday, presenting their theories of the case; it was on evolution, and it was not competent.

Mr. Malone—The court admitted it.

B. G. McKenzie—Yes, and he is the best judge in the world. Now, if the court please, I say they are seeking to put words into the mouth of God, and substitute another story, entirely different to God's word. They bring in a distinguished gentleman, and I believe he is absolutely a disciple of Col. Darrow. He says evolution is an established fact, and that there are a lot of them in this country. But I tell you one thing, no great number of them grow on the mountain sides and in the valleys of Rhea. Then, after they get all their testimoneytestimony [sic] in, and the issues were drawn, they didn't throw light on the proposition. They introduced sixty witnesses, and have a lot of hypotheses, but they don't know anything about the things that are to be testified about. They can't read scientific works for us and put them in evidence.

Mr. Darrow—I think you misunderstand our position. What we claim is that there is no question among intelligent men about the fact of evolution. As to how it came about, there is a great deal of difference.

B. G. McKenzie—That is it. Yes, you are now coming back to the point in the defense in which you say you want us to recognize your theory, and yet you just absolutely jangle along, going in one door and out the same door. I wonder if that man has ever read the Bible.