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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... matter what his interests said , what his passion demanded , he was great enough to find the truth and strong enough to pronounce judgment against his own desires . He never was satisfied until he fully understood not only the facts ...
... matter what his interests said , what his passion demanded , he was great enough to find the truth and strong enough to pronounce judgment against his own desires . He never was satisfied until he fully understood not only the facts ...
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... matter what the material of your dress may be , no matter how cheap and coarse it is , cut it and make it in the fashion . I be- lieve in jewelry . Some people look upon it as barbaric , but in my judgment , wearing jewelry is the first ...
... matter what the material of your dress may be , no matter how cheap and coarse it is , cut it and make it in the fashion . I be- lieve in jewelry . Some people look upon it as barbaric , but in my judgment , wearing jewelry is the first ...
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... matter if he occupies a throne . All laborers should be brothers . The laborers should have equal rights before the world and before the law . And I want every farmer to consider every man who labors with either hand or brain as his ...
... matter if he occupies a throne . All laborers should be brothers . The laborers should have equal rights before the world and before the law . And I want every farmer to consider every man who labors with either hand or brain as his ...
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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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