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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... Democratic Meanness . 163 Freedom and Progress .. 164 SPEECH TO VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS . 167 INGERSOLL ON THE SITUATION ... Party .. 198 " Government Should Be for All " 199 " Be a Blind Owl " . 200 Its Record ... 203 The Question of Superiority ...
... Democratic Meanness . 163 Freedom and Progress .. 164 SPEECH TO VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS . 167 INGERSOLL ON THE SITUATION ... Party .. 198 " Government Should Be for All " 199 " Be a Blind Owl " . 200 Its Record ... 203 The Question of Superiority ...
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... Party and the Slave . What More ? ... . . . . . 250 250 253 257 257 258 259 Extract from Democratic Pedigree . 260 Responsibility for Hard Times . Record of Mr. Hayes .... Plain Truths for the Democrats . OUR COUNTRY .. Revenue . Money ...
... Party and the Slave . What More ? ... . . . . . 250 250 253 257 257 258 259 Extract from Democratic Pedigree . 260 Responsibility for Hard Times . Record of Mr. Hayes .... Plain Truths for the Democrats . OUR COUNTRY .. Revenue . Money ...
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... Feeling . Kinley as a Statesman .. noosing Between Parties .. ew Democratic Party . epublican Party for Labor . ow to Vote ..... 440 44 ! 443 444 • 445 446 447 LLUSTRATIONS BY BAKER CO Abraham Lincoln .... Lincoln's Residence , CONTENTS .
... Feeling . Kinley as a Statesman .. noosing Between Parties .. ew Democratic Party . epublican Party for Labor . ow to Vote ..... 440 44 ! 443 444 • 445 446 447 LLUSTRATIONS BY BAKER CO Abraham Lincoln .... Lincoln's Residence , CONTENTS .
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... Democratic party were in the rear , and wished to go back ; the ex- tremists of the Republican party were in the front , and wished to go forward . The extreme Democrat was will- ing to destroy the Union for the sake of slavery , and ...
... Democratic party were in the rear , and wished to go back ; the ex- tremists of the Republican party were in the front , and wished to go forward . The extreme Democrat was will- ing to destroy the Union for the sake of slavery , and ...
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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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