the excerpt bellow comes from a speech given by william jennings in 1896 "having behind us the producing masses of this nation and the world supported by the commercial interests the laboring interests and the tollers everywhere, we will answer their demand for a gold standard by saying to them: you shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold" which statement explains Bryan's reason for giving this speech

first paragraph (and busy all the night ,with a silence deep and white )

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i will get back to you let me look in my notes and i will tell you shortly

it attempted to use force to bring democracy to certain countries.