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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... 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 the fact that d adhered to ...
... 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 the fact that d adhered to ...
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... side . The soldiers thought of him as a father . All who had lost their sons in battle felt that they had his sympathy - felt that his face was as sad as theirs . They knew that Lincoln was actuated by one motive , and that his energies ...
... side . The soldiers thought of him as a father . All who had lost their sons in battle felt that they had his sympathy - felt that his face was as sad as theirs . They knew that Lincoln was actuated by one motive , and that his energies ...
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... appealed to in defense of the right always in support of the wrong . For many years politicians upon both sides of these questions endeavored press the exact relations existing between the Fed- Government and EULOGY ON LINCOLN . 43.
... appealed to in defense of the right always in support of the wrong . For many years politicians upon both sides of these questions endeavored press the exact relations existing between the Fed- Government and EULOGY ON LINCOLN . 43.
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... 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- bdicates and malice extinguishes the ...
... 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- bdicates and malice extinguishes the ...
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... 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 common , makes even the inanimate throb and thrill ...
... 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 common , makes even the inanimate throb and thrill ...
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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