I haven’t read enough on the event to make an intelligent comment, but I do know that much of the impression we have of Bryan and his anti-evolution opinions co

I haven’t read enough on the event to make an intelligent comment, but I do know that much of the impression we have of Bryan and his anti-evolution opinions comes from H. L. Mencken’s reporting on the Scopes Trial. I enjoy reading Mencken, if only for his mastery of language, but he definitely had a tendency for overextending his criticism and being overly harsh with his criticism. He was similar to many pundits today that are good at making witticisms but not at understanding nuance. So if I were aiming to explore the complexities of Bryan and how he (might) have been maligned, I’d start with Mencken’s articles. See the publicity section of this article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scopes_trial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scopes_trial