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 21
... from Decatur . It was here , during the first year , that Abraham incoln and John Hanks split several thousand rails . Lincoln was about twenty years of age at this time . house divided against itself can not stand , I be.
... from Decatur . It was here , during the first year , that Abraham incoln and John Hanks split several thousand rails . Lincoln was about twenty years of age at this time . house divided against itself can not stand , I be.
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... what was necessary to save the Union . This letter disheartened to a great degree thousands and millions of the friends of freedom . They thought Mr. Lincoln had not attained the moral height upon they EULOGY ON LINCOLN . 27.
... what was necessary to save the Union . This letter disheartened to a great degree thousands and millions of the friends of freedom . They thought Mr. Lincoln had not attained the moral height upon they EULOGY ON LINCOLN . 27.
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... thousands , was the old doctrine of states rights . This doctrine was first established to protect slavery . It was clung to to protect the inter - state slave trade . It became sacred iu connection with the fugitive slave law , and was ...
... thousands , was the old doctrine of states rights . This doctrine was first established to protect slavery . It was clung to to protect the inter - state slave trade . It became sacred iu connection with the fugitive slave law , and was ...
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... thousands of ' Eng- lish soldiers were upon our soil , and when the principal cities of America were in the substantial possession of the enemy . And so , I say , all things considered , it was avest political document ever signed by ...
... thousands of ' Eng- lish soldiers were upon our soil , and when the principal cities of America were in the substantial possession of the enemy . And so , I say , all things considered , it was avest political document ever signed by ...
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... thousand miles from the despotisms of the old world , and every of the sea was an assistant to them . The distance d to disenchant their minds of that infamous be- and every mile between them and the pomp and of monarchy helped to put ...
... thousand miles from the despotisms of the old world , and every of the sea was an assistant to them . The distance d to disenchant their minds of that infamous be- and every mile between them and the pomp and of monarchy helped to put ...
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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Great Speeches of Col. R. G Ingersoll (Classic Reprint) Robert Green Ingersoll No preview available - 2017 |
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