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==Views==

==Views==

Darrow was an [[atheist]] who had contempt for religion, believing that it hindered mankind's quest for knowledge.  He sought to ridicule Creationism when possible, including carrying on a running feud with [[William Jennings Bryan]] in newspapers about the evolution vs. creation controversy before the two ever met in the Scopes trial, but refused to put himself in a position where he would have to answer questions about evolution.  His view on man can best be summed up in the quote below:

Darrow was an [[Atheism|atheist]] who had contempt for religion, believing that it hindered mankind's quest for knowledge.  He sought to ridicule Creationism when possible, including carrying on a running feud with [[William Jennings Bryan]] in newspapers about the evolution vs. creation controversy before the two ever met in the Scopes trial, but refused to put himself in a position where he would have to answer questions about evolution.  His view on man can best be summed up in the quote below:

<blockquote>"The purpose of man is like the purpose of the pollywog - to wiggle along as far as he can without dying; or, to hang to life until death takes him."<ref>The Best of Humanism, 1988, Prometheus Books, p. 154</ref></blockquote>

<blockquote>"The purpose of man is like the purpose of the pollywog - to wiggle along as far as he can without dying; or, to hang to life until death takes him."<ref>The Best of Humanism, 1988, Prometheus Books, p. 154</ref></blockquote>