Carrol Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Didn't Bryan resign as Wilson's Secretary of State because of his opposition to the u.s. entering the war.
he resigned because of Wilson's efforts to get into the war (surrounding the sinking of the Lusitania).
That by itself makes him one of the true heroes of u.s. political history. It certainly places him on a level with the various slave-holding heroes of that history.
yup. of course, after he visited Serbia, etc., a reporter asked Bryan how his trip to the Balkans had been. Reportedly, he asked "where are the Balkans?" -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
