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Title: Swollen fortunes
Creator: Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925
Date: 1902
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Bryan argues that "swollen fortunes are largely due to legislation" and that "the economic principal which should govern all legislation" is that "those who are strong should voluntarily assist those who are weak; that those who are fortunate should voluntarily share with the unfortunate."

Title: Immortality
Creator: Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925
Date: 1903
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Bryan compares the regenerative power of nature to the immortality of the human soul.

Title: Mysteries
Creator: Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925
Date: 1910
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Bryan speaks about "mysteries." This is an excerpt from a speech entitled "The Prince of Peace," that stressed that science does not explain the origin of life.

Title: William Jennings Bryan discusses the railroad question
Creator: Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925
Date: 1912
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: William Jennings Bryan discusses the railroad question, the I.C.C. enlargement, and Democratic Party's policies on railroads.

Title: The tariff question
Creator: Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925
Date: 1910
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: William Jennings Bryan talks about the tariff question and explains the burdens of the protective tariff on the public.

Title: Cross of Gold speech
Creator: Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925
Date: 1921
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Bryan originally gave this speech advocating bimetallism to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on July 9, 1896. The Democratic Party wanted to standardize the value of the dollar to silver rather than to gold. In 1921, Bryan recorded portions of that speech for Gennett Records in Richmond, Indiana.

Title: William Jennings Bryan discusses the labor question
Creator: Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925
Date: 1912
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: William Jennings Bryan discusses the labor question, the eight-hour day, the employer's liability act, the formation of the Labor Department, and the Democratic platform concerning injunctions and law modification.

Title: Guarantee of bank deposits
Creator: Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925
Date: 1908
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: William Jennings Bryan speaks about the guarantee of bank deposits and cites the success of the state of Oklahoma in protecting individual investors, and suggests that the federal government follow suit.

Title: Popular election of senators
Creator: Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925
Date: 1910
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Bryan argues for a proposed amendment to the Constitution that would elect members of the United States Senate by a direct vote of the people, rather than through state legislatures.

Title: Imperialism
Creator: Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925
Date: 1901
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Bryan argues for the independence of the Philippines and against imperialism by the United States.

Title: Immortality
Creator: Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925
Date: 1910
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: William Jennings Bryan talks about immortality and gives examples of resurrection in plant and animal life, giving proof that there is a life hereafter.

Title: William Jennings Bryan narrates the 23rd Psalm
Creator: Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925
Date: 1920
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: William Jennings Bryan narrates the 23rd Psalm accompanied by music.

Title: An ideal republic, in which William Jennings Bryan expresses his hopes for the future of the United States
Creator: Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925
Date: 1922
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Speech given by William Jennings Bryan in Richmond, Indiana, 1922.

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