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 19
... keep their faces to the dawn - the many , who are satisfied with the world as it is ; the few , who labor and suffer for the future , for those to be , and who seek to rescue the opressed , to destroy the cruel distinctions of caste ...
... keep their faces to the dawn - the many , who are satisfied with the world as it is ; the few , who labor and suffer for the future , for those to be , and who seek to rescue the opressed , to destroy the cruel distinctions of caste ...
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... keep order States on the side of the Union . - this purpose he proposed a scheme of emancipa- nd colonization — a scheme by which the owners of s should be paid the full value of what they called " property . ' He called attention to ...
... keep order States on the side of the Union . - this purpose he proposed a scheme of emancipa- nd colonization — a scheme by which the owners of s should be paid the full value of what they called " property . ' He called attention to ...
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... keep out of prison and generous enough to subscribe in public- where the subscription can be defended as an investment . In a new country character is essential ; in the old reputation is sufficient . In the new they find what a man ...
... keep out of prison and generous enough to subscribe in public- where the subscription can be defended as an investment . In a new country character is essential ; in the old reputation is sufficient . In the new they find what a man ...
Page 45
... keep close to the grass . You must sit by the fire- side of the heart ; above the clouds it is too cold . You must be simple in your speech ; too much polish suggests insincerity . The great orator idealizes the real , transfigures the ...
... keep close to the grass . You must sit by the fire- side of the heart ; above the clouds it is too cold . You must be simple in your speech ; too much polish suggests insincerity . The great orator idealizes the real , transfigures the ...
Page 55
... keep it , and so men had to come here who were dis- satisfied with the old country - who were dissatisfied with England , dissatisfied with France , with Germany , with Ireland and Holland . The king's favorites stayed at home . Men ...
... keep it , and so men had to come here who were dis- satisfied with the old country - who were dissatisfied with England , dissatisfied with France , with Germany , with Ireland and Holland . The king's favorites stayed at home . Men ...
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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