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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 44
Page 9
... Citizens . 157 Shot Down for Opinion's Sake . 159 Tilden and Tammany . 160 Hayes and Wheeler .. 162 Democratic Meanness . 163 Freedom and Progress .. 164 SPEECH TO VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS . 167 INGERSOLL ON THE SITUATION .. 172 A Political ...
... Citizens . 157 Shot Down for Opinion's Sake . 159 Tilden and Tammany . 160 Hayes and Wheeler .. 162 Democratic Meanness . 163 Freedom and Progress .. 164 SPEECH TO VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS . 167 INGERSOLL ON THE SITUATION .. 172 A Political ...
Page 31
... 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.
... 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.
Page 57
... signing petitions , and pre- senting them , on their bended knees , to an idiot king . They began to have an aspiration to form a new nation , citizens of a new republic instead of subjects to an DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE . 57.
... signing petitions , and pre- senting them , on their bended knees , to an idiot king . They began to have an aspiration to form a new nation , citizens of a new republic instead of subjects to an DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE . 57.
Page 58
Robert G. Ingersoll J. B. McClure. citizens of a new republic instead of subjects to an onarchy . They had the idea - the Puritans , the lics , the Episcopalians , the Baptists , the Quakers , few Free - Thinkers , all had the idea ...
Robert G. Ingersoll J. B. McClure. citizens of a new republic instead of subjects to an onarchy . They had the idea - the Puritans , the lics , the Episcopalians , the Baptists , the Quakers , few Free - Thinkers , all had the idea ...
Page 67
... citizen ceases only where the liberty of another citizen com- mences . I know of no better difinition . I ask you to- day to make a declaration of individual independence . And if you are independent , be just . Allow everybody else to ...
... citizen ceases only where the liberty of another citizen com- mences . I know of no better difinition . I ask you to- day to make a declaration of individual independence . And if you are independent , be just . Allow everybody else to ...
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 |
Other editions - View all
Great Speeches of Col. R. G Ingersoll (Classic Reprint) Robert Green Ingersoll No preview available - 2017 |
Common terms and phrases
Abraham Lincoln American ballot-box believe better bonds brain bushel cent cheers citizen civilized coin corn debt defend Demo Democratic party doctrine dollar elected farm farmer fathers favor fiat fiat money flag flag of Illinois free speech friends Fugitive Slave Law Garfield gentlemen give gold Government grand greenback Hancock hands hate heart honest ballot honest money human idea Ingersoll INGERSOLL'S James Buchanan James G Julius Cæsar Laughter and applause liberty Lincoln live millions Nation never North Northern ocratic paid paper patriotism political poor preserve President promise prosperity protect question rebel Recollect Republic Republican party Republican ticket revenue rich silver simply slave slavery soldiers Solid South South Southern splendid stand tell thing thousands Tilden to-day trust Union United vote the Republican War Democrats wish words worth yardstick York