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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... NORTH AND SOUTH ... No Free Speech in the South .. The Party of an Honest Ballot ... Who Shall Collect the Revenue ? .. Honest Money and an Honest Nation ... The Fallacy and Folly of Fiat Dollars . The Struggle After the Panic ...
... NORTH AND SOUTH ... No Free Speech in the South .. The Party of an Honest Ballot ... Who Shall Collect the Revenue ? .. Honest Money and an Honest Nation ... The Fallacy and Folly of Fiat Dollars . The Struggle After the Panic ...
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... North . He knew the hor- of slavery ; and he felt the unspeakable ecstacies and es of freedom . had the kindness , the gentleness . of true greatness , he could not have been a master ; he had the man- and independence of true greatness ...
... North . He knew the hor- of slavery ; and he felt the unspeakable ecstacies and es of freedom . had the kindness , the gentleness . of true greatness , he could not have been a master ; he had the man- and independence of true greatness ...
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... North as well as South . " is declaration was the standard around which gath- the grandest political party that the world has ever and this declaration made Lincoln the leader of ast host . this , the first great crisis , Lincoln ...
... North as well as South . " is declaration was the standard around which gath- the grandest political party that the world has ever and this declaration made Lincoln the leader of ast host . this , the first great crisis , Lincoln ...
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... North and East -not appreciated even by his Cabinet - and yet he was not only one of the wisest but one of the shrewdest of mankind . Knowing that he had the right to enforce the laws of the Union in all parts of the United States and ...
... North and East -not appreciated even by his Cabinet - and yet he was not only one of the wisest but one of the shrewdest of mankind . Knowing that he had the right to enforce the laws of the Union in all parts of the United States and ...
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... North , but in other lands . Consequent- felt that it was of the utmost importance that the should fire the first shot , should do some act that solidify the North and gain for us the justification e civilized world . He so managed ...
... North , but in other lands . Consequent- felt that it was of the utmost importance that the should fire the first shot , should do some act that solidify the North and gain for us the justification e civilized world . He so managed ...
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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