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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... wish their advice , as he had made up his mind . This proclamation was held until some great victory might be acheived , so that it would not appear to be the effect of weakness , but the child of strength . This was on the 22nd of July ...
... wish their advice , as he had made up his mind . This proclamation was held until some great victory might be acheived , so that it would not appear to be the effect of weakness , but the child of strength . This was on the 22nd of July ...
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... wish to hear . humor drift unconsciously into absurdity . was not solemn Solemnity is a mask worn by ance and hypocrisy — it is the preface , prologue , and to the cunning or the stupid . was natural in his life and thought - master of ...
... wish to hear . humor drift unconsciously into absurdity . was not solemn Solemnity is a mask worn by ance and hypocrisy — it is the preface , prologue , and to the cunning or the stupid . was natural in his life and thought - master of ...
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... wish to be sublime you must be natural - you must keep close to the grass . You must sit by the fire- side of the heart ; above the clouds it is too cold . You must be simple in your speech ; too much polish suggests insincerity . The ...
... wish to be sublime you must be natural - you must keep close to the grass . You must sit by the fire- side of the heart ; above the clouds it is too cold . You must be simple in your speech ; too much polish suggests insincerity . The ...
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... wish to know what a man really e him power . This is the supreme test . It is the of Lincoln that , having almost absolute power , he abused it except on the side of mercy . alth could not purchase , power could not awe , this = , this ...
... wish to know what a man really e him power . This is the supreme test . It is the of Lincoln that , having almost absolute power , he abused it except on the side of mercy . alth could not purchase , power could not awe , this = , this ...
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... wish to raise a good boy you must give him plenty to eat , and treat him with kindness . In this way , and this way only , can good cat- tle or good people be produced . All blooded stock has been You can raise good cattle just as ...
... wish to raise a good boy you must give him plenty to eat , and treat him with kindness . In this way , and this way only , can good cat- tle or good people be produced . All blooded stock has been You can raise good cattle just as ...
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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