Bryan
['braiən]
Definition
(noun.) a town of east central Texas.
(noun.) United States lawyer and politician who advocated free silver and prosecuted John Scopes (1925) for teaching evolution in a Tennessee high school (1860-1925).
Edited by Hilda--From WordNet
Examples
- There is a great deal of literal truth in that remark, for it has been the peculiar work of Bryan to express in politics some of that emotion which has made America the home of new religions. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- There is a vein of mysticism in American life, and Mr. Bryan is its uncritical prophet. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Mr. Bryan Donkin, who was engaged in the manufactory, principally assisted in bringing the machinery to perfection. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- But far from being the scheming hypocrite his enemies say he is, Mr. Bryan is too simple for the task of statesmanship. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Critics have often suggested that Roosevelt stole Bryan's clothes. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The work of Bryan has been to express a certain feeling of unrest--to embody it in the traditional language of prophecy. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I do not see the statesman in Bryan. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Woodrow Wilson has a talent which is Bryan's chief defect--the scientific habit of holding facts in solution. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Mr. Bryan talks with the intoxication of the man who has had a revelation: to skeptics that always seems theatrical. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Bryan does not happen to have the naturalistic outlook, the complete humanity, or the deliberative habit which modern statecraft requires. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- It would not be unfair to say that it is always the function of the Roosevelts to take from the Bryans. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
Edited by Jason