The Scopes trial was being prosecuted by [[William Jennings Bryan]], about whom Osborn wrote in the press:
The Scopes trial was being prosecuted by [[William Jennings Bryan]], about whom Osborn wrote in the press:
{{cquote|The earth spoke to Bryan from his own state of Nebraska. The Hesperopithecus tooth is like the still, small voice. Its sound is by no means easy to hear... This little tooth speaks volumes of truth, in that it affords evidence of man’s descent from the ape.<ref name="dd" />}}
{{cquote|The earth spoke to Bryan from his own state of Nebraska. The Hesperopithecus tooth is like the still, small voice. Its sound is by no means easy to hear... This little tooth speaks volumes of truth, in that it affords evidence of man’s descent from the ape.<ref name="dd" />}}