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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... reason we put poverty on an equality with wealth . We say in this country manhood is worth more than gold . We say in this country that without liberty the Nation is not worth preserving . Now , I appeal to every poor man ; I appeal to ...
... reason we put poverty on an equality with wealth . We say in this country manhood is worth more than gold . We say in this country that without liberty the Nation is not worth preserving . Now , I appeal to every poor man ; I appeal to ...
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... reasons , and yet I think it or you to know that there are some things in regard ich I am not quite satisfied with you . I believe you a brave and skillful soldier - which , of course , I I also believe you do not mix politics with your ...
... reasons , and yet I think it or you to know that there are some things in regard ich I am not quite satisfied with you . I believe you a brave and skillful soldier - which , of course , I I also believe you do not mix politics with your ...
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... reason of his intelligence , his r , his philosophy , his courage , and his patriotism . lived to hear the shout of victory . He lived until onfederacy died — until Lee had surrendered , until had fled , until the doors of Libby Prison ...
... reason of his intelligence , his r , his philosophy , his courage , and his patriotism . lived to hear the shout of victory . He lived until onfederacy died — until Lee had surrendered , until had fled , until the doors of Libby Prison ...
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... reason of the law . If any one doubts his legal ability , let him read , first , the opinion of Chief Justice Taney in the Merryman case , and then the views of Lincoln on that opinion . Mr. Lincoln was a statesman . The great stumbling ...
... reason of the law . If any one doubts his legal ability , let him read , first , the opinion of Chief Justice Taney in the Merryman case , and then the views of Lincoln on that opinion . Mr. Lincoln was a statesman . The great stumbling ...
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... reason . People ut or sees the other side - stands in the wind like a ator , a good - natured critic , and gives its opinion be- udgment is reached . Humor goes with good nature , ood nature is the climate of reason . In anger rea ...
... reason . People ut or sees the other side - stands in the wind like a ator , a good - natured critic , and gives its opinion be- udgment is reached . Humor goes with good nature , ood nature is the climate of reason . In anger rea ...
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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