Listen to the this audio file of a studio recording of bryan’s speech, noting the excerpt below. the humblest citizen in all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of error. i come to speak to you in defense of a cause as holy as the cause of liberty—the cause of humanity . . the individual is but an atom; he is born, he acts, he dies; but principles are eternal, and this has been a contest over a principle. –cross of gold what cause is bryan comparing to “the cause of liberty” and “the cause of humanity”? the gold standard free silver populism