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1、AbuzzranthroughthecrowdasItookmyplaceinthepackedcourtonthatswelteringJulydayin1925.ThecounselformydefensewasthefamouscriminallawyerClarenceDarrow.LeadingcounselfortheprosecutionwasWilliamJenningsBryan,thesilver-tonguedorator,threetimesDemocraticnomineeforPresiden
2、toftheUnitedStates,andleaderofthefundamentalistmovementthathadbroughtaboutmytrial.在一九二五年七月的那個酷熱日子里，當我在擠得水泄不通的法庭里就位時，人群中響起一陣嘁嘁喳喳的議論聲。我的辯護人是著名刑事辯護律師克拉倫斯?達羅。擔任主控官的則是能說會道的演說家威廉詹寧斯布萊恩，他曾三次被民主黨提名為美國總統(tǒng)候選人，而且還是導致我這次受審的基督教原教旨主義運動的領導人。AfewweeksbeforeIhadbeenanunknownschool
3、-teacherinDayton,alittletowninthemountainsofTennessee.NowIwasinvolvedinatrialreportedtheworldover.Seatedincourt,readytotestifyonmybehalf,wereadozendistinguishedprofessorsandscientists,ledbyProfessorKirtleyMatherofHarvardUniversity.Morethan100reporterswereonhand,a
4、ndevenradioannouncers,whoforthefirsttimeinhistoryweretobroadcastajurytrial."Don'tworry,son,we'llshowthemafewtricks,"Darrowhadwhisperedthrowingareassuringarmroundmyshoulderaswewerewaitingforthecourttoopen.幾個星期之前，我還只是田納西州山區(qū)小鎮(zhèn)戴頓的一名默默無聞的中學教員，而現(xiàn)在我卻成了一次舉世矚目的庭審活動的當事人。在法
5、庭就座為我作證的有以哈佛大學的科特里?馬瑟教授為首的十幾位有名望的教授和科學家。到場的還有一百多名新聞記者，甚至還有一些廣播電臺的播音員，他們也要破天荒地播放一次庭審實況。就在我們靜候著法庭開審的當兒，達羅關切地摟住我的肩膀低聲安慰道：“別擔心，孩子，我們會給他們點厲害瞧瞧。”ThecasehaderuptedroundmyheadnotlongafterIarrivedinDaytonassciencemasterandfootballcoachatthesecondaryschool.Foranumberofyear
6、saclashhadbeenbuildingupbetweenthefundamentalistsandthemodernists.ThefundamentalistsadheredtoaliteralinterpretationoftheOldTestament.Themodernists,ontheotherhand,acceptedthetheoryadvancedbyCharlesDarwin--thatallanimallife,includingmonkeysandmen,hadevolvedfromacom
7、monancestor.我剛到戴頓中學任自然科學教員兼足球教練不久，這件案子就突然降臨到我的頭上。若干年來，原教旨主義者和現(xiàn)代主義者之間就一直在醞釀著一場沖突。原教旨主義者堅持嚴格按照字面意義去理解《舊約全書》，而現(xiàn)代主義者則接受查爾斯?達爾文的進化論——認為一切動物，包括猿和人，都是由同一個祖先進化而來的。FundamentalismwasstronginTennessee,andthestatelegislaturehadrecentlypassedalawprohibitingtheteachingof"anyth
8、eorythatdeniesthestoryofcreationastaughtintheBible."ThenewlawwasaimedsquarelyatDarwin'stheoryofevolution.Anengineer,GeorgeRappelyea,usedtoarguewiththelocalpeop
