Five seedlings growing in cracked eggshells, the last leaning sideways beneath a small paper crown.

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E. K. Hornbeck

We're growing a strange crop of agnostics this year.

— Inherit the Wind

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker sardonically treats agnosticism as an odd harvest, as if doubt were something sown and coming up in unusual numbers this year. The remark carries a dry, mocking edge, presenting religious uncertainty as a curious growth worth remarking on.

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