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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Page 31
... for the putting down the rebellion ; sixth , to arm these slaves and clothe them in the uniform of the Republic ; seventh , to make them citizens and allow to stand on an equality with their white brethren the EULOGY ON LINCOLN . 31.
... for the putting down the rebellion ; sixth , to arm these slaves and clothe them in the uniform of the Republic ; seventh , to make them citizens and allow to stand on an equality with their white brethren the EULOGY ON LINCOLN . 31.
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... allowed him to comprehend . That is Cory or the Puritan fathers . ey forgot in a little while what they had suffered , hey forgot to apply the principles of universal lib- -of toleration . Some of the colonies did not forget d I want to ...
... allowed him to comprehend . That is Cory or the Puritan fathers . ey forgot in a little while what they had suffered , hey forgot to apply the principles of universal lib- -of toleration . Some of the colonies did not forget d I want to ...
Page 57
... allow any one to call in ques- tion the doctrine of the Trinity , or the inspiration of the Scriptures . They stood ready with branding - iron and gallows to burn and choke out of man the idea that he had the right to think and to ...
... allow any one to call in ques- tion the doctrine of the Trinity , or the inspiration of the Scriptures . They stood ready with branding - iron and gallows to burn and choke out of man the idea that he had the right to think and to ...
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... allowed to have a sword ; and that it should be allowed only to exert its moral influence . You might as well have a government united by force with Art , or with Poetry , or with Oratory , as with reli- gion . Religion should have the ...
... allowed to have a sword ; and that it should be allowed only to exert its moral influence . You might as well have a government united by force with Art , or with Poetry , or with Oratory , as with reli- gion . Religion should have the ...
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... allow every man to worship God as nks best . " They said : " Religion is an individual between each man and his creator , and he can ip as he pleases and as he desires . " And why did do this ? The history of the world warned them that ...
... allow every man to worship God as nks best . " They said : " Religion is an individual between each man and his creator , and he can ip as he pleases and as he desires . " And why did do this ? The history of the world warned them that ...
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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