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 50
... raised his hands , not to strike , but in bene- longed to pardon . loved to see the pearls of joy on the cheeks of a hose husband he had rescued from death . coln was the grandest figure of the fiercest civil He is the gentlest memory ...
... raised his hands , not to strike , but in bene- longed to pardon . loved to see the pearls of joy on the cheeks of a hose husband he had rescued from death . coln was the grandest figure of the fiercest civil He is the gentlest memory ...
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... raised between man an . They struck down with one immortal blow nfamous spirit of caste that makes a god almost a and a beast almost a god . With one word , with low , they wiped away and utterly destroyed all that een done by centuries ...
... raised between man an . They struck down with one immortal blow nfamous spirit of caste that makes a god almost a and a beast almost a god . With one word , with low , they wiped away and utterly destroyed all that een done by centuries ...
Page 62
... raised by enthuiasts ; In every couutry there been a few who have given a national aspiration to eople . The enthusiasts of 1776 were the builders ramers of this great and splendid government ; and were the men who saw , although others ...
... raised by enthuiasts ; In every couutry there been a few who have given a national aspiration to eople . The enthusiasts of 1776 were the builders ramers of this great and splendid government ; and were the men who saw , although others ...
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... raised the children , and in the dark night told them about their brave father , and the " sacred cause ; " she told them that in a little while the war would be over , and father would come back covered with honor and glory . Think of ...
... raised the children , and in the dark night told them about their brave father , and the " sacred cause ; " she told them that in a little while the war would be over , and father would come back covered with honor and glory . Think of ...
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... raising a good crop and a high price was offered , then the roads would be impassable . And when the roads got good , then the prices went down . Everything work- ed together for evil . Nearly every farmer's boy took an oath that he ...
... raising a good crop and a high price was offered , then the roads would be impassable . And when the roads got good , then the prices went down . Everything work- ed together for evil . Nearly every farmer's boy took an oath that he ...
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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