Spencer Tracy (playing defense lawyer Henry Drummond) in the 1960 classic film
Inherit the Wind.
Henry Drummond: Yes. The individual human mind. In a child's power to master the multiplication table, there is more sanctity than in all your shouted "amens" and "holy holies" and "hosannas." An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral. And the advance of man's knowledge is a greater miracle than all the sticks turned to snakes or the parting of the waters!
Amen, brother. Great screenwriting, great movie. (It's on TCM tonight, I think.)
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