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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... President he was held in con- tempt by the South - underrated by the 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 ...
... President he was held in con- tempt by the South - underrated by the 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 ...
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... President makes no change in the firm incoln and Herndon . If I live I'm coming back time , and then we'll go right on practicing law as if ng ever happened . ” — Editor . ] after knowledge . You have no idea how many men. [ 42 ]
... President makes no change in the firm incoln and Herndon . If I live I'm coming back time , and then we'll go right on practicing law as if ng ever happened . ” — Editor . ] after knowledge . You have no idea how many men. [ 42 ]
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... presidents , these kings , are but the agents and servants of the great , sublime people . For the first time , really , in the history of the world , the king was made to get off the throne and the people were royally seated thereon ...
... presidents , these kings , are but the agents and servants of the great , sublime people . For the first time , really , in the history of the world , the king was made to get off the throne and the people were royally seated thereon ...
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... president a bankrupt , and the road in nds of a receiver . They have seen the bank presi- abscond , and the insurance company a wrecked and fraud . The only solvent people , as a class , the ndependent people , are the tillers of the ...
... president a bankrupt , and the road in nds of a receiver . They have seen the bank presi- abscond , and the insurance company a wrecked and fraud . The only solvent people , as a class , the ndependent people , are the tillers of the ...
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... President of the d States without independence , filled with doubt rembling , feeling of the public pulse , resorting to d artifice , inquiring about the wind of opinion , and eding at last in losing my self - respect without gain Le ...
... President of the d States without independence , filled with doubt rembling , feeling of the public pulse , resorting to d artifice , inquiring about the wind of opinion , and eding at last in losing my self - respect without gain Le ...
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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