[jjotto]

Yes. It’s an unfair comparison, of course. It’s just that perspective is real hard to come by these days, not to mention an awareness of history.

[Robert DeLong]

Unfair or not I was merely thinking most do not have a reference point. I'm sure even reading what he said probably does not do justice to having actually heard him.

I assume this is he actually speaking: William Jennings Bryan's Cross of Gold Speech I have no way of being sure though, because I have never really heard him speak.