The author is a Unitarian minister. Includes: Introductory Biography; [Selected] Quotations from Robert Ingersoll (Arranged Alphabetically by Subject); [Selected] Speeches of Ingersoll. Appendices on The Finest Theater in America (Beckwith Memorial Theater in Dowagiac, Michigan founded by Philo D. Beckwith, an admirer of Ingersoll); Dresden and Grammercy Park (Ingersoll was born in Dresden, New York in 1833 and lived for the last ten years of his life at 52 Grammercy Park in New York City); Three Nights to Remember (Ingersoll's speech on October 20, 1876 at a Republican rally in support of Rutherford B. Hayes, his lecture on October 8, 1896 to a crowd of nearly twenty thousand in Chicago, and his lecture on October 30, 1880 at the Academy of Music in Brooklyn, New York at which he was introduced by Henry Ward Beecher); [Selected] Economiums (a list of "notables" and their tributes to Ingersoll including Clara Barton, Luther Burbank, Andrew Carnegie, Clarence Darrow, Thomas Edison, Carrie Chapman Catt, W.C. Fields, James Garfield, Ernest Haeckel, Elbert Hubbard, H.L. Mencken, Carl Sandburg, Margaret Sanger, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Adlai Stevenson, Mark Twain, Walt Whitman and others). The author states that "Unless otherwise indicated, the quotations presented in this book are taken from The Complete Works of Robert Ingersoll, in twelve volumes, The First Dresden Edition, published in 1900. In an attempt to make the text as readable as possible, specific page and volume references have been omitted. In piecing together quotes, while no substantial material has been altered, arrangement has followed the desire to compress and include as many as possible in the available space." The author's goal is to introduce Ingersoll to a wider audience

Ingersoll: Immortal infidel (The Skeptic's bookshelf)

Robert G. Ingersoll

Prometheus+books

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.

The Best of Robert Ingersoll: Selections from His Writings and Speeches

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

Prometheus

With a foreword by Jon G. Murray, former president of American Atheists Inc., the book is an eloquent summary of the lives of the "Great Infidels" of western history. Written by the "Great Infidel" orator of the 19th century Robert G. Ingersoll, the book discusses the origin of God and Heaven, the Devil and Hell, sacred books, the "appeal to the cemetery" as an argumentational ploy, and the role of fear in religion. It epitomizes the lives of Julian, Bruno, Voltaire, Diderot, Hume, Spinoza, Thomas Paine, and others.

The Great Infidels

Religion & Spirituality

Atheism

American Atheist Press

Pygmy Forest Press

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 edition. Excerpt: ... and the weak and unfortunate to perish, it is hard to see for what purpose the nation should be preserved. If our statesmen are not wise enough to foster great enterprises, and to adopt a policy that will give us prosperity, it may be that the laboring classes, driven to frenzy by hunger, the bitterness of which will be increased by seeing others in the midst of plenty, will seek a remedy in destruction. The transcontinental commerce of this country should not be in the clutch and grasp of one corporation. All sections of the Union should, as far as possible, be benefited. Cheap rates will come, and can be maintained only by competition. We should cultivate commercial relations with China and Japan. Six hundred millions of people are slowly awaking from a lethargy of six thousand years. In a little while they will have the wants of civilized men, and America will furnish a large proportion of the articles demanded by these people. In a few years there will be as many ships upon the Pacific as upon the Atlantic. In a few years our trade with China will be far greater than with Europe. In a few years we will sustain the same relation to the far East that Europe once sustained to us. America for centuries to come will supply six hundred millions of people with the luxuries of life. A country that expects to control the trade of other countries must develop its own resources to the utmost. We have pursued a small, a mean, and a penurious course. Demagogues have ridden into office and power upon the cry of economy, by opposing every measure looking to the improvement of the country, by endeavoring to see how cheaply nothing could be done. A government, like an individual, should live up to its privileges; it should husband its resources, simply that...

The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll Volume 9

Literature & Fiction

United States

RareBooksClub.com

Some Mistakes of Moses (Classic Reprint)

Christian Books & Bibles

Forgotten Books

The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 2 (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

Union Square & Co. - CoreSource Plus

Ingersoll was widely known as the greatest orator of his time and could soundly thrash any challenger in a debate-especially in a debate on religion. His logic was impeccable and his mind was as sharp as a whip. Many religious beliefs have no logic in them at all and Ingersoll was a master at exposing the outright cruelty, stupidity and foolishness that religions, through their dogmatic and outdated precepts, force us to embrace. This book covers the Old Testament, worshipped and revered by Jews and Christians alike, which supports things like slavery, warfare, polygamy and the idea that women should be treated as property. He asks many pointed questions. For example: If you find slavery upheld in a book said to have been written by God, what would you expect to find in a book inspired by the devil? Also, why would God tell me how to raise my children when he had to drown his own in the flood? He also presents an interview of two men at the gates of heaven-one an honest and loving family man, the other a despicable thieving businessman. Based on their beliefs, guess who gets into heaven and who goes to hell. This book will truly make you think. It is meant to demonstrate how religion can control and affect our lives in ways that are quite contrary to our own moral fiber, modern logical reasoning and ethical conscience.

Some Mistakes of Moses

History

World

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