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===Mecca Temple Debate=== In January 1931 Darrow had a debate with English writer [[G. K. Chesterton]] during the latter's second trip to America. This was held at [[New York City]]'s [[New York City Center|Mecca Temple]]. The topic was "Will the World Return to Religion?". At the end of the debate those in the hall were asked to vote for the man they thought had won the debate. Darrow received 1,022 votes while Chesterton received 2,359 votes. There is no known transcript of what was said except for third party accounts published later on. The earliest of these was in the February 4, 1931, issue of ''[[The Nation]]'' in an article written by [[Henry Hazlitt]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chesterton.org/clarence-darrow-debate/ |title=Clarence Darrow debate |date=April 30, 2012 |publisher=[[American Chesterton Society]] |access-date=May 21, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://darrow.law.umn.edu/photo.php?pid=1062 |publisher=[[University of Minnesota Law School]] |title=G.K. Chesterton January, 1915 |work=Clarence Darrow digital collection |access-date=May 21, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521214130/http://darrow.law.umn.edu/photo.php?pid=1062 |archive-date=May 21, 2014 }}</ref>
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