"All of you know what I stand for - what I believe! I believe in the truth of the Book of Genesis! Exodus! Leviticus! Numbers! Deuteronomy! Joshua! Judges! Ruth! First Samuel! Second Samuel! First Kings! Second Kings! Isaiah! Jerimiah! Lamentations! Ezeikiel ..." This is the near manical cry of the character Matthew Harrison Brady in Inherit the Wind. His cry ends as a plea, after coming to realize that his argument is now weak. Throughout the …showed first 75 words of 379 total…

…showed last 75 words of 379 total…the students to think it the only theory, or the only way. Brady saw the teachings of the Bible as the only way, and did not allow room for other theories. In the end, he seemed somewhat crazy for not allowing another theory to exist in his mind. Brady may not have allowed himself to accept this, but the townspeople saw the original argument as silly. So, maybe, the two theories are in fact equal.