He endured much government meddling in a takeover battle that raged for most of the past four years.

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Though argument still raged, and continues to rage online, he felt vindicated.

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Bryan raged against bankers and the gold standard, enemies, he said, of the only true producers of wealth and prosperity, the American farmer.

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After being driven through the streets of broken glass and police lines, he ascended to a suite on an upper floor at the Westin Hotel and flipped on local news, where he saw for the first time the scenes of chaos that had raged all around his hotel earlier that day.

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Answer: He was weighing in on one of the central economic debates of his time, the one that raged between Thomas Malthus and one of the disciples of Adam Smith.

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