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These explanations make free silver look like a compelling cause in comparison.

From Washington Post • Nov. 7, 2018

Bryan opposed the continued occupation, and it was widely thought that the only thing blocking his path to the White House was free silver.

From Washington Post • Jan. 27, 2017

But free silver, as articulated in the perfervid “Cross of Gold” speech, had been the making of Bryan as a national politician, and he couldn’t bear to let it go.

From Washington Post • Jan. 27, 2017

Although the mint dips into the free silver stocks for some 40 million oz. for new coins each year, the Treasury can always stop selling silver if its stocks drop dangerously low.

From Time Magazine Archive

What you fellows need down here is not free silver, but free water.

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