Works Of Robert G Ingersoll

Author : Robert G. Ingersoll
Publisher : Cosimo, Inc.
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781605208930

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The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll by Robert G. Ingersoll Pdf

As outspoken in his day as Richard Dawkins or Christopher Hitchens are today, 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 American culture and public life. Legendary as a speaker-he memorized his speeches and could talk for hours without notes-and as a proponent of freethought, Ingersoll is an American original whose words still ring with truth and power today. His most important works are gathered in this 12-volume collected edition, first published posthumously in 1901. Volume IX features Ingersoll's political speeches, including: [ "An Address to the Colored People" [ "Centennial Oration" [ "Hard Times and the Way Out" [ "Suffrage Address" [ and more

Author : Robert Green Ingersoll
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UOM:39015008547203

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Some Mistakes of Moses by Robert Green Ingersoll Pdf

There was a time when a falsehood, fulminated from the pulpit, smote like a sword; but, the supply having greatly exceeded the demand, clerical misrepresentation has at last become almost an innocent amusement. Remembering that only a few years ago men, women, and even children, were imprisoned, tortured and burned, for having expressed in an exceedingly mild and gentle way, the ideas entertained by me, I congratulate myself that calumny is now the pulpit's last resort. The old instruments of torture are kept only to gratify curiosity; the chains are rusting away, and the demolition of time has allowed even the dungeons of the Inquisition to be visited by light. The church, impotent and malicious, regrets, not the abuse, but the loss of her power, and seeks to hold by falsehood what she gained by cruelty and force, by fire and fear. Christianity cannot live in peace with any other form of faith. If that religion be true, there is but one savior, one inspired book, and but one little narrow grass-grown path that leads to heaven. Such a religion is necessarily uncompromising, unreasoning, aggressive and insolent. Christianity has held all other creeds and forms in infinite contempt, divided the world into enemies and friends, and verified the awful declaration of its founder -- a declaration that wet with blood the sword he came to bring, and made the horizon of a thousand years lurid with the fagots' flames.....Robert Green Ingersoll

Author : Robert Green Ingersoll
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 4737 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1901-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781465521330

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The works of Robert G. Ingersoll by Robert Green Ingersoll Pdf

Author : Frank Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UCAL:B4374458

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Robert G. Ingersoll by Frank Smith Pdf

Robert G. Ingersoll (1833-1899) was a complex figure - a brilliant lawyer and orator who courageously advanced the concept of freethought; a magnetic extrovert whose public esteem, eagerly sought, never earned him the private favors he so generously bestowed on others. Ingersoll was a staunch republican in the great tradition of Abraham Lincoln, and he vigorously championed such progressive causes as equal rights for blacks, women, and children; liberal divorce laws; and better wages and conditions for workers. Perhaps Ingersoll's greatest legacy derives from his daring rejection of religious superstition (during an era which saw a tremendous revival of spiritualism and religious fundamentalism) and his ardent belief in humanity: "When I became convinced that the Universe is natural - that all the ghosts and gods are myths, there entered into my brain, into my soul, into every drop of my blood, the sense, the feeling, the joy of freedom. The walls of my prison crumbled and fell, the dungeon was flooded with light and all the bolts and bars, and manacles became dust. I was no longer a servant, a serf, or a slave." Ingersoll is considered one of the most prominent figures of the 19th century. From about 1880 to his death in 1899, he probably spoke to more Americans in person than anyone before or since; he had daily audiences of as many as three thousand people while he was on tour, several months a year for many years. Despite this, Ingersoll's career has not yet received the attention it clearly merits. In this comprehensive work, Frank Smith explores the life and thought of this charismatic figure, using newspaper accounts of the time and extensive quotations from Ingersoll's correspondence. Ingersoll's words provide a vivid portrait of 19th-century America from the stormy antebellum period to the beginnings of modern industrialism. His life reflects the great current of his age and speaks forcefully to the problems of our own.

Author : Robert Ingersoll
Publisher : Steerforth
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2011-12-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781586421977

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What's God Got to Do With It? by Robert Ingersoll Pdf

Robert Ingersoll (1833—1899) is one of the great lost figures in United States history, all but forgotten at just the time America needs him most. An outspoken and unapologetic agnostic, fervent champion of the separation of church and state, and tireless advocate of the rights of women and African Americans, he drew enormous audiences in the late nineteenth century with his lectures on “freethought.” His admirers included Mark Twain and Thomas A. Edison, who said Ingersoll had “all the attributes of a perfect man” and went so far as to make an early recording of Ingersoll’s voice. The publication of What’s God Got to Do with It? will return Robert Ingersoll and his ideas to American political discourse. Edited and with a biographical introduction by Pulitzer Prize winner Tim Page, this new popular collection of Ingersoll’s thought – distilled from the twelve-volume set of his works, his copious letters, and various newspaper interviews – promises to put Ingersoll back where he belongs, in the forefront of independent American thought.

Author : Robert Green 1833-1899 Ingersoll
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1020501014

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About the Holy Bible by Robert Green 1833-1899 Ingersoll Pdf

Robert Ingersoll's book, 'About the Holy Bible', offers a wide-reaching critique of the Christian Bible from a secular, humanistic perspective. From questions about the authors and origins of the text to critiques of its moral and ethical teachings, Ingersoll presents a thorough and provocative argument that challenges conventional interpretations and assumptions surrounding the Bible. This book is an essential read for anyone interested in philosophy, theology, and religious studies. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Roger E. Greeley
Publisher : Prometheus Books
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2009-09-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781615921553

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The Best of Robert Ingersoll by Roger E. Greeley Pdf

Robert Ingersoll was America''s finest orator and foremost leader of freethinkers. Mark Twain, Thomas Edison, Eugene V. Debs, and Elizabeth Cady used to gather to hear the speeches of "the great agnostic."Roger E. Greeley has selected the best from speeches and essays of this iconoclastic orator who labored to destroy the superstition and hypocrisy of fundamentalism in America and who answered the Moral Majority in the last century.One hundred years after he advanced into the national spotlight, Ingersoll''s commentaries still retain their fresh, penetrating, and witty character. His pleas for civil rights, the rights of women and children, responsible and responsive government, and individual freedom of conscience and religious belief have placed him in the vanguard of enlightened thinkers.Today the legacy of Robert Ingersoll, prophet and pioneer, merits the attention of anyone who espouses humane, liberal, rational, or agnostic opinions.

Author : Susan Jacoby
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780300137255

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The Great Agnostic by Susan Jacoby Pdf

A biography that restores America's foremost 19th-century champion of reason and secularism to the still contested 21st-century public square.

Author : Robert G. Ingersoll
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1907
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:174796589

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The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll by Robert G. Ingersoll Pdf

Author : Robert Green Ingersoll
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783732692095

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The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll by Robert Green Ingersoll Pdf

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Author : Robert Green Ingersoll
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783732692125

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The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll by Robert Green Ingersoll Pdf

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Author : Robert G. Ingersoll
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 523 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1912
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:310807424

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The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll by Robert G. Ingersoll Pdf

Author : Robert Green Ingersoll
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1900
Category : Agnosticism
ISBN : NLI:3167749-10

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Why Am I an Agnostic? by Robert Green Ingersoll Pdf

Author : Joseph Lewis,Robert Green Ingersoll
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Free thought
ISBN : MINN:31951P011198316

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Ingersoll the Magnificent by Joseph Lewis,Robert Green Ingersoll Pdf

Author : Robert G. Ingersoll
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 607 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1907
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:310807461

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The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll by Robert G. Ingersoll Pdf