Book detail: William Jennings Bryan's Last Message: A Reprint of His Famous Closing Arguments for the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial, Undelivered and Posthumously Published is presented as a focused source page for quotations connected with this book, collection, transcript, or source record.
This volume presents the text of William Jennings Bryan's intended closing argument in the 1925 Scopes Trial, often called the Monkey Trial, which debated the teaching of evolution in public schools. Bryan, a prominent politician and orator who served as a prosecutor in the case, died shortly after the trial concluded)Skip. The argument was never presented in court and was published posthumously. The book offers readers a direct look at Bryan's perspective on religion, science, and education during a landmark legal and cultural conflict.
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