Great Speeches of Col. R. G. IngersollCosimo, Inc., 2009 M01 1 - 454 pages As outspoken in his day as Richard Dawkins or Christopher Hitchens are today, American freethinker and author ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL (1833-1899) was a notorious radical whose uncompromising views on religion and slavery (they were bad, in his opinion), women's suffrage (a good idea, he believed), and other contentious matters of his era made him a wildly popular orator and critic of 19th-century American culture and public life.Considered in their day some of the finest gems of oratory, these lectures by Ingersoll feature some of his most entertaining and most insightful yet lesser known talks, including: "Eulogy on Abraham Lincoln" "Grand Future of America" "Best Portion of the Earth" "Getting Up Early in the Morning" "The Fashions and Handsome Women" "What the Railroads Have Done" "How a Man Should Treat His Wife and Children" "Ingersoll's Beautiful Dream" "War to Be a Failure" "Sufferings of the Slaves" "The Question of Superiority" "What Is a Capitalist?" "The Government a Pauper" "Beware of Bachelors" and many more. |
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... American public as are the truths couched in his beautiful language practically useful to mankind . His address to " The Farmers , on Farming , " his great speech to the " Veteran Soldiers , " his oration on the " Declaration of ...
... American public as are the truths couched in his beautiful language practically useful to mankind . His address to " The Farmers , on Farming , " his great speech to the " Veteran Soldiers , " his oration on the " Declaration of ...
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... American Republic ;. ne Fugitive Law of 1850 .. he Bay of the Bloodhound .. braham Lincoln . . . onds and Greenbacks .. 131 • • 134 134 136 137 140 141 142 ar to Be a Failure . 147 ne Republican Platform . 148 ying that Debt .... 149 ...
... American Republic ;. ne Fugitive Law of 1850 .. he Bay of the Bloodhound .. braham Lincoln . . . onds and Greenbacks .. 131 • • 134 134 136 137 140 141 142 ar to Be a Failure . 147 ne Republican Platform . 148 ying that Debt .... 149 ...
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... AMERICAN NATIONALITY Equal Opportunities for All . . . . Best Country for the Poor .. 262 261 263 265 271 273 • 274 275 276 278 278 279 Republican Families . .. The Peril of State Rights . 280 283 284 • 285 287 288 290 290 291 292 o ...
... AMERICAN NATIONALITY Equal Opportunities for All . . . . Best Country for the Poor .. 262 261 263 265 271 273 • 274 275 276 278 278 279 Republican Families . .. The Peril of State Rights . 280 283 284 • 285 287 288 290 290 291 292 o ...
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... American Labor .... Source of the Free Trade Doctrine . Candidates of the Two Parties ... The Republican Standard Bearers . A Forgery ... . . . . Not Preaching a Gospel of Hate . PROTECTION AND PROSPERITY . The Party that Needs the ...
... American Labor .... Source of the Free Trade Doctrine . Candidates of the Two Parties ... The Republican Standard Bearers . A Forgery ... . . . . Not Preaching a Gospel of Hate . PROTECTION AND PROSPERITY . The Party that Needs the ...
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... America . Probably there are fewer and finer pas- sages of literature than the close of Lincoln's first mes- sage : " I am loth to close . We are not enemies , but friends . We must not be enemies . Though passion may have strained , it ...
... America . Probably there are fewer and finer pas- sages of literature than the close of Lincoln's first mes- sage : " I am loth to close . We are not enemies , but friends . We must not be enemies . Though passion may have strained , it ...
Contents
86 | |
gersoll on Cookery | 92 |
INATING BLAINE | 100 |
hy the Colonel is a Republican | 108 |
gersolls Remarkable Vision | 115 |
e Money Question | 121 |
gersolls Beautiful Dream | 129 |
ne American Republic | 136 |
ne Way Out | 244 |
ORATION AT A CHILDS GRAVE | 253 |
OUR COUNTRY | 265 |
INGERSOLL ON AMERICAN NATIONALITY | 288 |
o Preserve Slavery | 293 |
e Solid South | 306 |
ate Sovereignty | 327 |
THE NORTH AND SOUTH | 341 |
braham Lincoln | 142 |
ne Republican Platform | 148 |
SPEECH TO VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS | 167 |
e Must Stand by the Party | 209 |
A FOR HONEST MONEY | 217 |
OR CAPITAL ETC | 225 |
erchants and Drummers | 232 |
Not Preaching a Gospel of Hate | 382 |
FIAT MONEY | 404 |
MONEY AND PROTECTION | 411 |
onor Versus Fraud | 428 |
ant Business Not Charity | 434 |
usts and Syndicates | 440 |
epublican Party for Labor | 446 |
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