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Scopes   /skoʊps/   Listen
Scopes

noun
1.
Tennessee highschool teacher who violated a state law by teaching evolution; in a highly publicized trial in 1925 he was prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan and defended by Clarence Darrow (1900-1970).  Synonyms: John Scopes, John Thomas Scopes.



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"Scopes" Quotes from Famous Books



... experts in the famous Scopes trial in Tennessee (who escaped cross-examination) was to the effect that evolution was in harmony with some facts and therefore possibly true. The above mathematical calculations prove that the ...
— The Evolution Of Man Scientifically Disproved • William A. Williams


Words linked to "Scopes" :   Scopes trial, school teacher, John Thomas Scopes, schoolteacher


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