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oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-1:about-farming-in-illinois 1877-01-01

About Farming in Illinois Robert G. Ingersoll 1877 Text Lecture text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/about-farming-in-illinois/ dresden:vol-1:about-farming-in-illinois The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 1 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) A warm, practical lecture to the farmers of Illinois on work, home, freedom, and the partnership between honest labor and intelligence. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-1:heretics-and-heresies 1874-01-01

Heretics and Heresies Robert G. Ingersoll 1874 Text Lecture text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/heretics-and-heresies/ dresden:vol-1:heretics-and-heresies The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 1 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Ingersoll's 1874 lecture on the long war between intellectual freedom and religious orthodoxy — and the heretics who dared stand against it. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-1:humboldt 1869-01-01

Humboldt Robert G. Ingersoll 1869 Text Lecture text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/humboldt/ dresden:vol-1:humboldt The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 1 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Delivered at the Humboldt centennial in 1869 — a tribute to the great naturalist that marked the beginning of Ingersoll's public freethought career. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-1:individuality 1873-01-01

Individuality Robert G. Ingersoll 1873 Text Lecture text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/individuality/ dresden:vol-1:individuality The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 1 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) A ringing defense of mental independence — the right and duty of every human being to think, doubt, and speak their own honest mind against custom, creed, and crowd. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-1:ghosts 1877-01-01

The Ghosts Robert G. Ingersoll 1877 Text Lecture text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/ghosts/ dresden:vol-1:ghosts The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 1 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) An examination of how fear of the unseen built the world's religions — and how science, step by step, is banishing those ghosts from the human imagination. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-1:the-gods 1872-01-01

The Gods Robert G. Ingersoll 1872 Text Lecture text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/the-gods/ dresden:vol-1:the-gods The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 1 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Ingersoll's landmark 1872 lecture attacking the gods fashioned by man after his own fears and ambitions — and calling for a morality built on reason rather than revelation. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-1:liberty-of-man-woman-and-child 1877-01-01

The Liberty of Man, Woman, and Child Robert G. Ingersoll 1877 Text Lecture text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/liberty-of-man-woman-and-child/ dresden:vol-1:liberty-of-man-woman-and-child The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 1 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Ingersoll's celebrated argument for the equal liberty of men, women, and children within the family and before the law — the charter of a humane home. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-1:thomas-paine 1870-01-01

Thomas Paine Robert G. Ingersoll 1870 Text Lecture text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/thomas-paine/ dresden:vol-1:thomas-paine The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 1 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) The lecture that restored Thomas Paine to the pantheon of American founders — a rehabilitation of the man whose name had been erased by decades of pious slander. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-1:what-must-we-do-to-be-saved 1880-01-01

What Must We Do To Be Saved? Robert G. Ingersoll 1880 Text Lecture text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/what-must-we-do-to-be-saved/ dresden:vol-1:what-must-we-do-to-be-saved The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 1 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) A careful, close reading of the gospels asking what — if anything — Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John actually demand for the salvation of the soul. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-2:myth-and-miracle 1885-01-01

Myth and Miracle Robert G. Ingersoll 1885 Text Lecture text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/myth-and-miracle/ dresden:vol-2:myth-and-miracle The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 2 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) On the natural origin of the supernatural — how every miracle is a confession of ignorance and every god a record of what its makers did not yet understand. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-2:orthodoxy 1884-01-01

Orthodoxy Robert G. Ingersoll 1884 Text Lecture text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/orthodoxy/ dresden:vol-2:orthodoxy The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 2 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) A survey of orthodox Christianity in 1884 — its dying creeds, its surviving institutions, and the specific doctrines (depravity, atonement, hell) that no longer hold the educated mind. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-2:some-mistakes-of-moses 1879-01-01

Some Mistakes of Moses Robert G. Ingersoll 1879 Text Lecture text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/some-mistakes-of-moses/ dresden:vol-2:some-mistakes-of-moses The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 2 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) A meticulous (and often hilarious) examination of the historical, scientific, and moral problems of the Pentateuch — the longest sustained piece of biblical criticism Ingersoll wrote. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-2:some-reasons-why 1881-01-01

Some Reasons Why Robert G. Ingersoll 1881 Text Lecture text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/some-reasons-why/ dresden:vol-2:some-reasons-why The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 2 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Eleven reasons against the orthodox case — religion as enemy-maker, inspiration as confidence trick, and the moral superiority of pagan philosophers over the Jewish prophets. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-3:about-the-holy-bible 1894-01-01

About the Holy Bible Robert G. Ingersoll 1894 Text Essay text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/about-the-holy-bible/ dresden:vol-3:about-the-holy-bible The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 3 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) A frank, systematic examination of the Bible — its origin, inspiration, the Pentateuch, the New Testament, and Jehovah's moral administration — by a man who, unlike the preachers and the politicians, had nothing to lose by speaking plainly. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-3:abraham-lincoln 1894-01-01

Abraham Lincoln Robert G. Ingersoll 1894 Text Tribute text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/abraham-lincoln/ dresden:vol-3:abraham-lincoln The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 3 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Ingersoll's lecture on Abraham Lincoln — born the same day as Darwin, each in his own field breaking the chains that bound human beings. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-3:liberty-in-literature 1890-01-01

Liberty in Literature Robert G. Ingersoll 1890 Text Tribute text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/liberty-in-literature/ dresden:vol-3:liberty-in-literature The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 3 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) An address honoring Walt Whitman as the poet of liberty, democracy, and the body — a wreath placed on the living brow of the man who dared to sing America as it is. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-3:robert-burns 1878-01-01

Robert Burns Robert G. Ingersoll 1878 Text Tribute text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/robert-burns/ dresden:vol-3:robert-burns The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 3 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) A warm tribute to Robert Burns — peasant poet of Scotland, enemy of Calvinism, prophet of a tender, humane, democratic humanity. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-3:shakespeare 1891-01-01

Shakespeare Robert G. Ingersoll 1891 Text Tribute text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/shakespeare/ dresden:vol-3:shakespeare The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 3 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) A sweeping tribute to Shakespeare as the supreme poet of the human mind — born of common parents, untouched by royal blood, the finest flower of natural human genius. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-3:the-great-infidels 1881-01-01

The Great Infidels Robert G. Ingersoll 1881 Text Lecture text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/the-great-infidels/ dresden:vol-3:the-great-infidels The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 3 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) A roll-call of the great infidels — Bruno, Spinoza, Hume, Diderot, Voltaire — the men whose heresies became the common sense of the next generation. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-3:voltaire 1894-01-01

Voltaire Robert G. Ingersoll 1894 Text Tribute text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/voltaire/ dresden:vol-3:voltaire The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 3 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) A tribute to Voltaire — the man who, more than any other, laughed superstition out of Europe and carried the torch of reason past rack, stake, dungeon, altar, and throne. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-3:which-way 1884-01-01

Which Way? Robert G. Ingersoll 1884 Text Lecture text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/which-way/ dresden:vol-3:which-way The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 3 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) A stark choice between the two roads open to humanity: reason, investigation, and this life — or prayer, ceremony, and a world to come. Two ways; one leads forward, one back. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-4:a-lay-sermon 1885-01-01

A Lay Sermon Robert G. Ingersoll 1885 Text Address text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/a-lay-sermon/ dresden:vol-4:a-lay-sermon The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 4 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Addressing the American Secular Union in 1885, Ingersoll offers a sermon without supernaturalism — on the prayer in King Lear and the human duty to comfort the suffering here and now. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-4:a-thanksgiving-sermon 1897-01-01

A Thanksgiving Sermon Robert G. Ingersoll 1897 Text Address text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/a-thanksgiving-sermon/ dresden:vol-4:a-thanksgiving-sermon The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 4 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) A Thanksgiving meditation on how far the human race has actually climbed — from caves and terror to science, art, and liberty — and whom to thank for the ascent. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-4:how-to-reform-mankind 1896-01-01

How to Reform Mankind Robert G. Ingersoll 1896 Text Address text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/how-to-reform-mankind/ dresden:vol-4:how-to-reform-mankind The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 4 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) An address to the Militant Church of Chicago on the actual, material conditions that must change before mankind can be reformed — not more sermons, but more houses, better wages, and schools. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-4:progress 1860-01-01

Progress Robert G. Ingersoll 1860 Text Lecture text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/progress/ dresden:vol-4:progress The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 4 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) The earliest surviving lecture — delivered in Pekin, Illinois, in 1860. Fragmentary in places (the editor's asterisks show where the manuscript was lost), but recognizably the voice that would soon become the most famous in America. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-4:superstition 1898-01-01

Superstition Robert G. Ingersoll 1898 Text Lecture text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/superstition/ dresden:vol-4:superstition The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 4 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) A systematic definition and dissection of superstition — what it is, where it comes from, and the permanent war between it and the patient, cumulative work of science. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-4:the-devil 1899-01-01

The Devil Robert G. Ingersoll 1899 Text Lecture text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/the-devil/ dresden:vol-4:the-devil The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 4 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) On the indispensability of the Devil to Christian theology — if you take him away the plot collapses, yet no modern clergyman dares to assert his existence in plain English. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-4:the-foundations-of-faith 1895-01-01

The Foundations of Faith Robert G. Ingersoll 1895 Text Essay text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/the-foundations-of-faith/ dresden:vol-4:the-foundations-of-faith The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 4 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) A point-by-point examination of the stones on which Christian orthodoxy rests: the Old Testament, the New Testament, Jehovah, the Trinity, the theological Christ, belief, and inspiration. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-4:the-truth 1897-01-01

The Truth Robert G. Ingersoll 1897 Text Lecture text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/the-truth/ dresden:vol-4:the-truth The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 4 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) A survey of the human mind's long escape from priestcraft — from fear and ignorance toward honest investigation, intellectual freedom, and the candid love of truth. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-4:what-is-religion 1899-01-01

What Is Religion? Robert G. Ingersoll 1899 Text Address text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/what-is-religion/ dresden:vol-4:what-is-religion The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 4 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Ingersoll's last public address, delivered in Boston in June 1899, six weeks before his death — a summing up, in unsparing language, of what religion has actually been, and what a humane religion of this world might yet become. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-4:why-i-am-an-agnostic 1896-01-01

Why I Am an Agnostic Robert G. Ingersoll 1896 Text Lecture text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/why-i-am-an-agnostic/ dresden:vol-4:why-i-am-an-agnostic The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 4 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Ingersoll's clearest personal statement — why, after reading, thinking, and looking honestly at the evidence, he settled on agnosticism as the only intellectually decent position for a human being. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-5:a-vindication-of-thomas-paine 1877-01-01

A Vindication of Thomas Paine Robert G. Ingersoll 1877 Text Discussion text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/a-vindication-of-thomas-paine/ dresden:vol-5:a-vindication-of-thomas-paine The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 5 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Ingersoll's public demolition of the New York Observer's hundred-year slander of Thomas Paine — the claim that Paine had recanted on his deathbed — with affidavits, letters, and the record set straight. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-5:six-interviews-on-talmage 1882-01-01

Six Interviews on Talmage Robert G. Ingersoll 1882 Text Discussion text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/six-interviews-on-talmage/ dresden:vol-5:six-interviews-on-talmage The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 5 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Ingersoll's longest single work of religious polemic — six newspaper interviews methodically dismantling the sermons that the Reverend T. DeWitt Talmage of Brooklyn had preached against him. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-5:the-talmagian-catechism 1882-01-01

The Talmagian Catechism Robert G. Ingersoll 1882 Text Discussion text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/the-talmagian-catechism/ dresden:vol-5:the-talmagian-catechism The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 5 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) A mock-catechism — question and answer in the manner of Westminster — distilling Talmage's sermons into their essence, and showing just how strange the orthodox position actually is when stated plainly. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-6:divorce 1889-01-01

Divorce Robert G. Ingersoll 1889 Text Discussion text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/divorce/ dresden:vol-6:divorce The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 6 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Ingersoll's symposium contribution on divorce — the principle, the practice, and the replies of Cardinal Gibbons, Bishop Potter, Justice Bradley, and Senator Dolph. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-6:reply-to-archdeacon-farrar 1890-01-01

Reply to Archdeacon Farrar Robert G. Ingersoll 1890 Text Discussion text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/reply-to-archdeacon-farrar/ dresden:vol-6:reply-to-archdeacon-farrar The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 6 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) A fragmentary draft reply — found among Ingersoll's papers — to Archdeacon F. W. Farrar's article 'A Few Words on Col. Ingersoll' in the North American Review. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-6:reply-to-dr-lyman-abbott 1890-01-01

Reply to Dr. Lyman Abbott Robert G. Ingersoll 1890 Text Discussion text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/reply-to-dr-lyman-abbott/ dresden:vol-6:reply-to-dr-lyman-abbott The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 6 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) An unfinished answer to the Reverend Lyman Abbott's article 'Flaws in Ingersollism' in the North American Review — broken off when Ingersoll was called to Montana on a law case. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-6:rome-or-reason 1888-01-01

Rome or Reason Robert G. Ingersoll 1888 Text Discussion text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/rome-or-reason/ dresden:vol-6:rome-or-reason The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 6 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Henry Edward, Cardinal Manning, defends the Church as its own divine witness; Ingersoll replies that authority, not reason, is what this argument actually demands of the listener. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-6:the-christian-religion 1881-01-01

The Christian Religion Robert G. Ingersoll 1881 Text Discussion text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/the-christian-religion/ dresden:vol-6:the-christian-religion The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 6 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) The famous three-part exchange with Judge Jeremiah S. Black in the North American Review (1881) — Ingersoll's opening case against Christianity, Black's reply, Ingersoll's rejoinder. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-6:the-field-ingersoll-discussion 1887-01-01

The Field–Ingersoll Discussion Robert G. Ingersoll 1887 Text Discussion text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/the-field-ingersoll-discussion/ dresden:vol-6:the-field-ingersoll-discussion The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 6 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) The 1887–1888 exchange with the Reverend Henry M. Field of the Evangelist — an open and courteous debate on whether Christianity or agnosticism better serves the human race. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-6:ingersoll-gladstone-controversy 1888-01-01

The Ingersoll–Gladstone Controversy Robert G. Ingersoll 1888 Text Discussion text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/ingersoll-gladstone-controversy/ dresden:vol-6:ingersoll-gladstone-controversy The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 6 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) William Ewart Gladstone — four-time Prime Minister of Britain — weighs in on the Ingersoll-Field debate, and Ingersoll replies across the Atlantic. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-7:a-christmas-sermon 1891-01-01

A Christmas Sermon Robert G. Ingersoll 1891 Text Essay text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/a-christmas-sermon/ dresden:vol-7:a-christmas-sermon The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 7 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) The famous Christmas essay — denounced from every pulpit in New York — on what Christmas, stripped of superstition, might actually mean for human beings living together on this earth. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-7:a-reply-to-rev-drs-thomas-and-lorimer 1882-01-01

A Reply to Rev. Drs. Thomas and Lorimer Robert G. Ingersoll 1882 Text Reply text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/a-reply-to-rev-drs-thomas-and-lorimer/ dresden:vol-7:a-reply-to-rev-drs-thomas-and-lorimer The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 7 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Preface to a Chicago lecture — Ingersoll's rebuttal to two prominent Chicago ministers who had been preaching against his Talmage interviews from their pulpits. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-7:a-reply-to-rev-john-hall-and-warner-van-norden 1894-01-01

A Reply to Rev. John Hall and Warner Van Norden Robert G. Ingersoll 1894 Text Reply text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/a-reply-to-rev-john-hall-and-warner-van-norden/ dresden:vol-7:a-reply-to-rev-john-hall-and-warner-van-norden The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 7 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) An answer to the pious Dr. Hall and the rich Mr. Van Norden — on striking cloakmakers in New York, the prayers of employers, and the Christianity that starves its neighbors and builds churches. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-7:a-reply-to-the-cincinnati-gazette 1878-01-01

A Reply to the Cincinnati Gazette and Catholic Telegraph Robert G. Ingersoll 1878 Text Reply text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/a-reply-to-the-cincinnati-gazette/ dresden:vol-7:a-reply-to-the-cincinnati-gazette The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 7 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) An answer to both the secular and the Catholic press of Cincinnati, taken up together in one interview. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-7:a-reply-to-the-new-york-clergy-on-superstition 1898-01-01

A Reply to the New York Clergy on Superstition Robert G. Ingersoll 1898 Text Reply text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/a-reply-to-the-new-york-clergy-on-superstition/ dresden:vol-7:a-reply-to-the-new-york-clergy-on-superstition The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 7 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Ingersoll's answer to the various New York clergymen who responded in the pages of the Journal to his 1898 Superstition lecture. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-7:a-reply-to-the-rev-dr-plumb 1898-01-01

A Reply to the Rev. Dr. Plumb Robert G. Ingersoll 1898 Text Reply text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/a-reply-to-the-rev-dr-plumb/ dresden:vol-7:a-reply-to-the-rev-dr-plumb The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 7 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) A 1898 Boston interview answering the Reverend Dr. Plumb's attack on Ingersoll and on the Reverend Mr. Mills. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-7:interview-on-chief-justice-comegys 1881-01-01

Interview on Chief Justice Comegys Robert G. Ingersoll 1881 Text Reply text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/interview-on-chief-justice-comegys/ dresden:vol-7:interview-on-chief-justice-comegys The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 7 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Two interviews — one in the Brooklyn Eagle, one in the Chicago Times — on the Delaware Chief Justice who, in a charge to the grand jury, all but commanded Ingersoll's indictment for blasphemy. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-7:my-chicago-bible-class 1879-01-01

My Chicago Bible Class Robert G. Ingersoll 1879 Text Reply text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/my-chicago-bible-class/ dresden:vol-7:my-chicago-bible-class The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 7 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) A Chicago Times article addressing each of the clergymen who, in turn, had taken offense at Ingersoll's earlier lectures on the Bible and its God. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-7:my-reviewers-reviewed 1877-01-01

My Reviewers Reviewed Robert G. Ingersoll 1877 Text Reply text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/my-reviewers-reviewed/ dresden:vol-7:my-reviewers-reviewed The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 7 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) A point-by-point reply to the assembled clergy of San Francisco — on slavery, witchcraft, inspiration, miracles, Canaanite genocide, the plan of salvation, and every other orthodox charge brought against his lectures. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-7:suicide-of-judge-normile 1892-01-01

Suicide of Judge Normile Robert G. Ingersoll 1892 Text Reply text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/suicide-of-judge-normile/ dresden:vol-7:suicide-of-judge-normile The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 7 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) A public reply to a St. Louis Catholic paper's attack on Ingersoll over the suicide of Judge Normile — and a sober, humane discussion of the ethics of suicide itself. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-7:the-brooklyn-divines 1883-01-01

The Brooklyn Divines Robert G. Ingersoll 1883 Text Reply text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/the-brooklyn-divines/ dresden:vol-7:the-brooklyn-divines The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 7 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) A response to a Brooklyn Union symposium in which local clergy were asked whether skepticism was hurting the church, and how it should be answered. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-7:the-limitations-of-toleration 1888-01-01

The Limitations of Toleration Robert G. Ingersoll 1888 Text Discussion text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/the-limitations-of-toleration/ dresden:vol-7:the-limitations-of-toleration The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 7 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) A three-cornered debate at the Metropolitan Opera House between Ingersoll, Frederic Coudert, and Governor Woodford — on whether toleration has, or ought to have, any limits at all. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-7:to-the-indianapolis-clergy 1883-01-01

To the Indianapolis Clergy Robert G. Ingersoll 1883 Text Reply text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/to-the-indianapolis-clergy/ dresden:vol-7:to-the-indianapolis-clergy The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 7 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Answers to a set of questions submitted by the Reverends Walk, Taylor, Reed, and O'Donaghue of Indianapolis — on the character of Jesus, the inspiration of the Bible, and the morality of the Old Testament God. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-8:interviews 1899-01-01

Interviews Robert G. Ingersoll 1899 Text Interviews text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/interviews/ dresden:vol-8:interviews The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 8 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-9:address-to-the-86th-illinois-regiment 1866-01-01

Address to the 86th Illinois Regiment Robert G. Ingersoll 1866 Text Political text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/address-to-the-86th-illinois-regiment/ dresden:vol-9:address-to-the-86th-illinois-regiment The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 9 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) A fragment of Ingersoll's 1866 address to the 86th Illinois Regiment at their anniversary meeting in Peoria — a reflection on the meaning of the war just ended. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-9:address-to-the-colored-people 1867-01-01

An Address to the Colored People Robert G. Ingersoll 1867 Text Political text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/address-to-the-colored-people/ dresden:vol-9:address-to-the-colored-people The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 9 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) An 1867 address to the freed colored people of Galesburg, Illinois — a survey of slavery in all its ages and forms, from Gonzales' Portuguese slave trade to the abolitionists and the Emancipation Proclamation. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-9:bangor-speech 1876-01-01

Bangor Speech Robert G. Ingersoll 1876 Text Political text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/bangor-speech/ dresden:vol-9:bangor-speech The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 9 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) A Hayes-campaign speech from Bangor, Maine, delivered alongside Governor Connor and Senator Blaine. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-9:brooklyn-speech 1880-01-01

Brooklyn Speech Robert G. Ingersoll 1880 Text Political text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/brooklyn-speech/ dresden:vol-9:brooklyn-speech The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 9 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) The famous Brooklyn rally at which the Reverend Henry Ward Beecher presided and introduced Ingersoll to six thousand people at the Academy of Music. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-9:centennial-oration 1876-01-01

Centennial Oration Robert G. Ingersoll 1876 Text Political text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/centennial-oration/ dresden:vol-9:centennial-oration The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 9 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Ingersoll's great Fourth of July oration on the hundredth birthday of the Republic — 'our fathers retired the gods from politics' — delivered at Peoria, Illinois, 1876. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-9:chicago-speech 1876-01-01

Chicago Speech Robert G. Ingersoll 1876 Text Political text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/chicago-speech/ dresden:vol-9:chicago-speech The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 9 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) A Hayes-campaign address at the Chicago Exposition Building to the largest single-speaker audience ever seen in the city. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-9:cooper-union-speech 1876-01-01

Cooper Union Speech Robert G. Ingersoll 1876 Text Political text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/cooper-union-speech/ dresden:vol-9:cooper-union-speech The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 9 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) The Cooper Union speech — a major 1876 campaign address delivered to the largest single-speaker audience New York had seen in ten years. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-9:decoration-day-address 1888-01-01

Decoration Day Address Robert G. Ingersoll 1888 Text Political text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/decoration-day-address/ dresden:vol-9:decoration-day-address The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 9 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) A Decoration Day address delivered before the veterans of the Republic at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-9:decoration-day-oration 1882-01-01

Decoration Day Oration Robert G. Ingersoll 1882 Text Political text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/decoration-day-oration/ dresden:vol-9:decoration-day-oration The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 9 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Ingersoll's oration at the Grand Army of the Republic Decoration Day celebration — Academy of Music, New York — one of the great American Memorial Day addresses. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-9:eight-to-seven-address 1877-01-01

Eight to Seven Address Robert G. Ingersoll 1877 Text Political text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/eight-to-seven-address/ dresden:vol-9:eight-to-seven-address The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 9 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) A defense of the Electoral Commission's 8-to-7 decision in the Hayes-Tilden contest of 1877 — delivered at Tremont Temple, Boston, to a crowd that packed the city. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-9:hard-times-and-the-way-out 1878-01-01

Hard Times and the Way Out Robert G. Ingersoll 1878 Text Political text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/hard-times-and-the-way-out/ dresden:vol-9:hard-times-and-the-way-out The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 9 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) A Boston speech on the economic depression of the late 1870s — hard money, honest labor, and a warning against the "fiat money" fever of the day. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-9:indianapolis-speech-1876 1876-01-01

Indianapolis Speech (1876) Robert G. Ingersoll 1876 Text Political text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/indianapolis-speech-1876/ dresden:vol-9:indianapolis-speech-1876 The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 9 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) A Hayes-campaign address delivered at Indianapolis, September 21, 1876. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-9:ratification-speech 1888-01-01

Ratification Speech Robert G. Ingersoll 1888 Text Political text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/ratification-speech/ dresden:vol-9:ratification-speech The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 9 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) The 1888 Republican ratification speech for Harrison and Morton — Metropolitan Opera House, New York. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-9:reunion-address 1887-01-01

Reunion Address Robert G. Ingersoll 1887 Text Political text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/reunion-address/ dresden:vol-9:reunion-address The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 9 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) An address delivered at the Elmwood Reunion of six Civil War regiments — Peoria delegation and crowd of thousands in attendance. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-9:speech-at-cincinnati 1876-01-01

Speech at Cincinnati Robert G. Ingersoll 1876 Text Political text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/speech-at-cincinnati/ dresden:vol-9:speech-at-cincinnati The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 9 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Context and background for the Blaine nomination at the 1876 Republican Convention in Cincinnati — the dramatic setting for the Plumed Knight speech that followed. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-9:speech-at-indianapolis-1868 1868-01-01

Speech at Indianapolis (1868) Robert G. Ingersoll 1868 Text Political text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/speech-at-indianapolis-1868/ dresden:vol-9:speech-at-indianapolis-1868 The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 9 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Ingersoll as Attorney-General of Illinois — a full defense, before a Republican crowd in Indianapolis, of the Lincoln administration's wartime suspension of habeas corpus and of Grant as the party's candidate. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-9:suffrage-address 1880-01-01

Suffrage Address Robert G. Ingersoll 1880 Text Political text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/suffrage-address/ dresden:vol-9:suffrage-address The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 9 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Delivered at a suffrage meeting in Washington, D.C. — Ingersoll's case that a community which denies any adult citizen a vote is, by that fact alone, a tyranny. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-9:chicago-and-new-york-gold-speech 1896-01-01

The Chicago and New York Gold Speech Robert G. Ingersoll 1896 Text Political text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/chicago-and-new-york-gold-speech/ dresden:vol-9:chicago-and-new-york-gold-speech The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 9 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Ingersoll's last major political address — delivered in Chicago and New York on behalf of the gold standard during the Bryan-McKinley campaign of 1896. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-9:the-plumed-knight 1876-01-01

The Plumed Knight Robert G. Ingersoll 1876 Text Political text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/the-plumed-knight/ dresden:vol-9:the-plumed-knight The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 9 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) The most celebrated nomination speech in American political history — Ingersoll naming James G. Blaine as 'the plumed knight' before the Republican Convention in Cincinnati, June 15, 1876. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-9:wall-street-speech 1880-01-01

Wall Street Speech Robert G. Ingersoll 1880 Text Political text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/wall-street-speech/ dresden:vol-9:wall-street-speech The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 9 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) A political demonstration on Wall Street — bankers, brokers, and merchants gathered at the Sub-Treasury to hear Ingersoll speak from its steps. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-10:davis-will-case 1883-01-01

Address to the Jury in the Davis Will Case Robert G. Ingersoll 1883 Text Legal text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/davis-will-case/ dresden:vol-10:davis-will-case The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 10 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) An 1883 will contest — widely reported for its eloquence, compared in its day to Demosthenes and Cicero. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-10:munn-trial 1876-01-01

Address to the Jury in the Munn Trial Robert G. Ingersoll 1876 Text Legal text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/munn-trial/ dresden:vol-10:munn-trial The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 10 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Ingersoll's jury argument in the Chicago 'whiskey conspiracy' trial — a defense of a Deputy Supervisor of Internal Revenue charged under Section 5440 of the Revised Statutes. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-10:russell-case 1899-01-01

Argument Before the Vice-Chancellor in the Russell Case Robert G. Ingersoll 1899 Text Legal text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/russell-case/ dresden:vol-10:russell-case The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 10 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Ingersoll's last public appearance — a chancery argument in Russell vs. Russell, delivered without notes in Camden, New Jersey, on June 21, 1899, one month before his death. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-10:first-star-route-trial 1882-01-01

Closing Address — First Star Route Trial Robert G. Ingersoll 1882 Text Legal text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/first-star-route-trial/ dresden:vol-10:first-star-route-trial The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 10 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Ingersoll's closing jury address in the first Star Route postal-fraud trial — for three months the central news story in Washington, D.C., and the most famous legal argument of his career. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-10:second-star-route-trial-closing 1883-01-01

Closing Address — Second Star Route Trial Robert G. Ingersoll 1883 Text Legal text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/second-star-route-trial-closing/ dresden:vol-10:second-star-route-trial-closing The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 10 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Ingersoll's closing jury argument in the second Star Route trial — review of the testimony of Walsh, Rerdell, Vaile, Miner, Peck, and the Dorseys. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-10:second-star-route-trial-opening 1882-01-01

Opening Address — Second Star Route Trial Robert G. Ingersoll 1882 Text Legal text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/second-star-route-trial-opening/ dresden:vol-10:second-star-route-trial-opening The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 10 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Ingersoll's opening jury address in the second Star Route trial — a methodical account of the routes, bids, contracts, partnerships, and petitions at the heart of the case. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-11:a-few-reasons-for-doubting-the-inspiration-of-the-bible 1891-01-01

A Few Reasons for Doubting the Inspiration of the Bible Robert G. Ingersoll 1891 Text Essay text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/a-few-reasons-for-doubting-the-inspiration-of-the-bible/ dresden:vol-11:a-few-reasons-for-doubting-the-inspiration-of-the-bible The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 11 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) A compact summary — fitting into a single essay — of the case against the Bible's claim to divine inspiration. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-11:a-look-backward-and-a-prophecy 1899-01-01

A Look Backward and a Prophecy Robert G. Ingersoll 1899 Text Essay text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/a-look-backward-and-a-prophecy/ dresden:vol-11:a-look-backward-and-a-prophecy The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 11 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) An essay written in the last year of Ingersoll's life — a survey of what the nineteenth century had achieved, and a prophecy of what the twentieth might yet do. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-11:a-reply-to-bishop-spalding 1890-01-01

A Reply to Bishop Spalding Robert G. Ingersoll 1890 Text Essay text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/a-reply-to-bishop-spalding/ dresden:vol-11:a-reply-to-bishop-spalding The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 11 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) A reply to Bishop Spalding on the question of God in the Constitution — and why the Framers deliberately declined to organize the Republic around an Attribute of the Deity. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-11:a-wooden-god 1879-01-01

A Wooden God Robert G. Ingersoll 1879 Text Essay text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/a-wooden-god/ dresden:vol-11:a-wooden-god The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 11 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) A short essay on the veneration of the Bible as a substitute idol — what happens when the reverence owed to thought gets transferred to a volume. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-11:a-word-about-education 1891-01-01

A Word About Education Robert G. Ingersoll 1891 Text Essay text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/a-word-about-education/ dresden:vol-11:a-word-about-education The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 11 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) A short essay on education — what the schools of the day were doing well, what they were doing badly, and the role of the teacher in a free society. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-11:a-young-mans-chances-today 1896-01-01

A Young Man's Chances To-Day Robert G. Ingersoll 1896 Text Essay text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/a-young-mans-chances-today/ dresden:vol-11:a-young-mans-chances-today The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 11 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) An essay of advice to the young — on the conditions of work, character, and opportunity in the America of the late nineteenth century. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-11:address-on-the-civil-rights-act 1883-01-01

Address on the Civil Rights Act Robert G. Ingersoll 1883 Text Address text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/address-on-the-civil-rights-act/ dresden:vol-11:address-on-the-civil-rights-act The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 11 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) An address — introduced by Frederick Douglass — on the Supreme Court's 1883 ruling that the Civil Rights Act was unconstitutional, and on what the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments actually required of the States. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-11:an-essay-on-christmas 1892-01-01

An Essay on Christmas Robert G. Ingersoll 1892 Text Essay text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/an-essay-on-christmas/ dresden:vol-11:an-essay-on-christmas The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 11 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) An essay on the Christmas festival — its pre-Christian roots, its family meaning, and what might be kept and what let go. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-11:art-and-morality 1888-01-01

Art and Morality Robert G. Ingersoll 1888 Text Essay text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/art-and-morality/ dresden:vol-11:art-and-morality The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 11 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) On the supposed conflict between art and morals — and the real source of both in the experience, sympathy, and imagination of human beings. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-11:crimes-against-criminals 1890-01-01

Crimes Against Criminals Robert G. Ingersoll 1890 Text Essay text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/crimes-against-criminals/ dresden:vol-11:crimes-against-criminals The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 11 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) An examination of what governments have done to the criminal and the poor in the name of justice — and a plea for a more humane, intelligent, and effective reform of the prison system. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-11:cruelty-in-the-elmira-reformatory 1894-01-01

Cruelty in the Elmira Reformatory Robert G. Ingersoll 1894 Text Essay text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/cruelty-in-the-elmira-reformatory/ dresden:vol-11:cruelty-in-the-elmira-reformatory The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 11 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) A public denunciation of the abuses at the Elmira Reformatory in New York — one of the most publicized prison-reform controversies of the 1890s. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-11:crumbling-creeds 1893-01-01

Crumbling Creeds Robert G. Ingersoll 1893 Text Essay text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/crumbling-creeds/ dresden:vol-11:crumbling-creeds The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 11 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Ingersoll's survey of the religious landscape in the 1890s — the denominations quietly letting go of doctrine after doctrine as the intelligent public drifted away from the old theology. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-11:eight-hours-must-come 1890-01-01

Eight Hours Must Come Robert G. Ingersoll 1890 Text Essay text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/eight-hours-must-come/ dresden:vol-11:eight-hours-must-come The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 11 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Ingersoll's public case for the eight-hour working day — not as a concession from the employer but as a condition of civilization itself. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-11:ernest-renan 1892-01-01

Ernest Renan Robert G. Ingersoll 1892 Text Tribute text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/ernest-renan/ dresden:vol-11:ernest-renan The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 11 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) A memorial tribute on the death of Ernest Renan — the French historian whose Vie de Jésus treated the founder of Christianity as a man and a historical subject for the first time. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-11:fool-friends 1887-01-01

Fool Friends Robert G. Ingersoll 1887 Text Essay text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/fool-friends/ dresden:vol-11:fool-friends The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 11 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Short essay on the supporters whose over-enthusiasm, tactlessness, or stupidity set a cause back more than its opponents ever could. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-11:god-in-the-constitution 1890-01-01

God in the Constitution Robert G. Ingersoll 1890 Text Essay text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/god-in-the-constitution/ dresden:vol-11:god-in-the-constitution The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 11 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) A systematic argument against the movement to amend the United States Constitution to recognize God — and a case that the Republic was established, deliberately, as a secular government. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-11:governor-rollins-fast-day-proclamation 1898-01-01

Governor Rollins' Fast-Day Proclamation Robert G. Ingersoll 1898 Text Reply text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/governor-rollins-fast-day-proclamation/ dresden:vol-11:governor-rollins-fast-day-proclamation The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 11 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) A reply to New Hampshire Governor Frank Rollins' Fast-Day proclamation — on the propriety of a state governor issuing religious edicts in the last years of the nineteenth century. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-11:how-to-edit-a-liberal-paper 1884-01-01

How to Edit a Liberal Paper Robert G. Ingersoll 1884 Text Essay text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/how-to-edit-a-liberal-paper/ dresden:vol-11:how-to-edit-a-liberal-paper The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 11 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Advice to the editors of freethought papers on how to run one worth reading — the responsibilities, the temptations, and the reader's time. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-11:huxley-and-agnosticism 1889-01-01

Huxley and Agnosticism Robert G. Ingersoll 1889 Text Essay text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/huxley-and-agnosticism/ dresden:vol-11:huxley-and-agnosticism The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 11 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) On Thomas Henry Huxley, the English naturalist who coined the word 'agnostic' — and on the quarrels between him and the clergy of the Church of England. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-11:inspiration 1887-01-01

Inspiration Robert G. Ingersoll 1887 Text Essay text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/inspiration/ dresden:vol-11:inspiration The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 11 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) A short essay on the meaning and limits of the word "inspiration" — its use by the orthodox, and its proper use among human beings. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-11:laws-delay 1897-01-01

Law's Delay Robert G. Ingersoll 1897 Text Essay text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/laws-delay/ dresden:vol-11:laws-delay The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 11 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) On the chronic slowness and expense of American civil justice — a practitioner's view from inside the profession. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-11:our-schools 1893-01-01

Our Schools Robert G. Ingersoll 1893 Text Essay text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/our-schools/ dresden:vol-11:our-schools The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 11 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) On the American public school — the institution on which, Ingersoll believed, the whole future of the Republic rested. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-11:political-morality 1899-01-01

Political Morality Robert G. Ingersoll 1899 Text Essay text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/political-morality/ dresden:vol-11:political-morality The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 11 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) A short essay on the morality — and amorality — of American public life at the close of the nineteenth century. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-11:rev-dr-newton-on-a-new-religion 1886-01-01

Rev. Dr. Newton's Sermon on a New Religion Robert G. Ingersoll 1886 Text Reply text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/rev-dr-newton-on-a-new-religion/ dresden:vol-11:rev-dr-newton-on-a-new-religion The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 11 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) A reply to the Reverend Dr. Heber Newton's proposed reform of the old religion, and a sketch of what a genuinely new religion would have to look like. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-11:science-and-sentiment 1895-01-01

Science and Sentiment Robert G. Ingersoll 1895 Text Essay text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/science-and-sentiment/ dresden:vol-11:science-and-sentiment The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 11 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) On the relationship between scientific understanding and human feeling — the two great sources of the modern mind. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-11:secularism 1887-01-01

Secularism Robert G. Ingersoll 1887 Text Essay text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/secularism/ dresden:vol-11:secularism The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 11 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) A short, clear statement of what secularism is: the doctrine that religious belief should neither be a qualification for nor a disability against citizenship. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-11:some-interrogation-points 1885-01-01

Some Interrogation Points Robert G. Ingersoll 1885 Text Essay text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/some-interrogation-points/ dresden:vol-11:some-interrogation-points The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 11 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) A list of questions Ingersoll would have put to any clergyman willing to take the stand and answer under oath. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-11:spirituality 1889-01-01

Spirituality Robert G. Ingersoll 1889 Text Essay text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/spirituality/ dresden:vol-11:spirituality The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 11 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) A definition of 'spirituality' that is free of the supernatural and grounded in the finest qualities of the human being. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-11:sumters-gun 1893-01-01

Sumter's Gun Robert G. Ingersoll 1893 Text Essay text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/sumters-gun/ dresden:vol-11:sumters-gun The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 11 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) A reflection on Fort Sumter — the shot that began the Civil War, and the consequences that followed for slavery, for the Republic, and for the world. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-11:the-agnostic-christmas 1892-01-01

The Agnostic Christmas Robert G. Ingersoll 1892 Text Essay text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/the-agnostic-christmas/ dresden:vol-11:the-agnostic-christmas The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 11 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Ingersoll's case that the warmth and joy of Christmas do not require the supernatural — and that an agnostic may keep the day as fully as any Christian. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-11:the-bigotry-of-colleges 1897-01-01

The Bigotry of Colleges Robert G. Ingersoll 1897 Text Essay text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/the-bigotry-of-colleges/ dresden:vol-11:the-bigotry-of-colleges The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 11 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) On the sectarian grip that still held many American colleges at the end of the nineteenth century — and its effect on the free education of the young. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-11:the-census-enumerators-catechism 1890-01-01

The Census Enumerator's Official Catechism Robert G. Ingersoll 1890 Text Essay text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/the-census-enumerators-catechism/ dresden:vol-11:the-census-enumerators-catechism The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 11 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) A short satirical essay on the questions a census enumerator might be made to ask if the government decided it needed to know the inner life of every citizen. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-11:the-divided-household-of-faith 1888-01-01

The Divided Household of Faith Robert G. Ingersoll 1888 Text Essay text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/the-divided-household-of-faith/ dresden:vol-11:the-divided-household-of-faith The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 11 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) An essay on the disintegration of Christian doctrine in the latter nineteenth century — denominational quarrels, creedal revision, and the silent departure of the intelligent laity from the old faith. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-11:the-improved-man 1890-01-01

The Improved Man Robert G. Ingersoll 1890 Text Essay text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/the-improved-man/ dresden:vol-11:the-improved-man The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 11 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) A sketch of the human being as he might one day be — when reason, kindness, and work have done their work upon the race. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-11:the-jews 1890-01-01

The Jews Robert G. Ingersoll 1890 Text Essay text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/the-jews/ dresden:vol-11:the-jews The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 11 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) An essay — written at the height of the Russian pogroms and early in the Dreyfus era — defending the Jewish people against the religious and racial calumnies of the Christian world. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-11:the-libel-laws 1887-01-01

The Libel Laws Robert G. Ingersoll 1887 Text Essay text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/the-libel-laws/ dresden:vol-11:the-libel-laws The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 11 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) An essay on the libel laws — their purpose, their abuse by the powerful, and their effect on the freedom of the press. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-11:the-three-philanthropists 1890-01-01

The Three Philanthropists Robert G. Ingersoll 1890 Text Essay text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/the-three-philanthropists/ dresden:vol-11:the-three-philanthropists The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 11 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Three sketches in contrasting keys — "He Was the Providence of the Poor," "He Lived for Others," and "He Allowed Others to Live for Themselves" — on what it really means to do good. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-11:the-truth-of-history 1887-01-01

The Truth of History Robert G. Ingersoll 1887 Text Essay text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/the-truth-of-history/ dresden:vol-11:the-truth-of-history The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 11 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) An examination of the reliability of history itself — and a refutation of the perennial false claim that the 'arch atheist' has been converted on his deathbed. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-11:thomas-paine-magazine-article 1892-01-01

Thomas Paine (Magazine Article) Robert G. Ingersoll 1892 Text Tribute text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/thomas-paine-magazine-article/ dresden:vol-11:thomas-paine-magazine-article The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 11 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) A late magazine-length tribute to Thomas Paine — a companion piece to the great 1870 lecture, written for readers who had never been permitted to hear the truth about him in church or school. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-11:trial-of-c-b-reynolds-for-blasphemy 1887-01-01

Trial of C. B. Reynolds for Blasphemy Robert G. Ingersoll 1887 Text Legal text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/trial-of-c-b-reynolds-for-blasphemy/ dresden:vol-11:trial-of-c-b-reynolds-for-blasphemy The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 11 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Ingersoll's celebrated defense of the freethinker C. B. Reynolds before a New Jersey jury — one of the last prosecutions for blasphemy in American legal history. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-11:vivisection 1893-01-01

Vivisection Robert G. Ingersoll 1893 Text Essay text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/vivisection/ dresden:vol-11:vivisection The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 11 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Ingersoll's strong condemnation of vivisection — cruelty in the name of science can be no more excused than cruelty in the name of God. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-11:what-i-want-for-christmas 1891-01-01

What I Want for Christmas Robert G. Ingersoll 1891 Text Essay text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/what-i-want-for-christmas/ dresden:vol-11:what-i-want-for-christmas The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 11 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Ingersoll's Christmas wish-list — for all the children of the earth, not for himself. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-11:what-infidels-have-done 1892-01-01

What Infidels Have Done Robert G. Ingersoll 1892 Text Essay text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/what-infidels-have-done/ dresden:vol-11:what-infidels-have-done The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 11 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) A roll-call of the deeds of the unbelievers — in science, statecraft, philanthropy, and art — and a challenge to Christendom to match them. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-12:a-few-fragments-on-expansion 1898-01-01

A Few Fragments on Expansion Robert G. Ingersoll 1898 Text Essay text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/a-few-fragments-on-expansion/ dresden:vol-12:a-few-fragments-on-expansion The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 12 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) A late essay on the expansionist temper of the United States at the end of the nineteenth century. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-12:tribute-to-anton-seidl 1898-01-01

A Tribute to Anton Seidl Robert G. Ingersoll 1898 Text Tribute text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/tribute-to-anton-seidl/ dresden:vol-12:tribute-to-anton-seidl The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 12 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Memorial tribute to Anton Seidl — Metropolitan Opera conductor and champion of Wagner in the United States. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-12:tribute-to-courtlandt-palmer 1888-01-01

A Tribute to Courtlandt Palmer Robert G. Ingersoll 1888 Text Tribute text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/tribute-to-courtlandt-palmer/ dresden:vol-12:tribute-to-courtlandt-palmer The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 12 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Memorial tribute to Courtlandt Palmer — freethinker, philanthropist, and founder of the Nineteenth Century Club of New York. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-12:tribute-to-dr-thomas-seton-robertson 1898-01-01

A Tribute to Dr. Thomas Seton Robertson Robert G. Ingersoll 1898 Text Tribute text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/tribute-to-dr-thomas-seton-robertson/ dresden:vol-12:tribute-to-dr-thomas-seton-robertson The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 12 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Memorial tribute to Dr. Thomas Seton Robertson. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-12:tribute-to-ebon-c-ingersoll 1879-01-01

A Tribute to Ebon C. Ingersoll Robert G. Ingersoll 1879 Text Tribute text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/tribute-to-ebon-c-ingersoll/ dresden:vol-12:tribute-to-ebon-c-ingersoll The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 12 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) The most famous of Ingersoll's grave-side addresses — his tribute at the funeral of his brother Ebon in Washington, May 1879. 'Life is a narrow vale between the cold and barren peaks of two eternities.' https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-12:tribute-to-elizur-wright 1885-01-01

A Tribute to Elizur Wright Robert G. Ingersoll 1885 Text Tribute text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/tribute-to-elizur-wright/ dresden:vol-12:tribute-to-elizur-wright The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 12 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Memorial tribute to Elizur Wright — abolitionist, actuary, and father of the American life-insurance reform. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-12:tribute-to-george-jacob-holyoake 1884-01-01

A Tribute to George Jacob Holyoake Robert G. Ingersoll 1884 Text Tribute text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/tribute-to-george-jacob-holyoake/ dresden:vol-12:tribute-to-george-jacob-holyoake The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 12 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Tribute to George Jacob Holyoake — the English freethinker, cooperator, and the man who coined the word 'secularism.' https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-12:tribute-to-henry-ward-beecher 1887-01-01

A Tribute to Henry Ward Beecher Robert G. Ingersoll 1887 Text Tribute text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/tribute-to-henry-ward-beecher/ dresden:vol-12:tribute-to-henry-ward-beecher The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 12 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Memorial tribute to the Reverend Henry Ward Beecher — among the most liberal of America's great Protestant preachers, and a public friend of Ingersoll's in later life. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-12:tribute-to-horace-seaver 1889-01-01

A Tribute to Horace Seaver Robert G. Ingersoll 1889 Text Tribute text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/tribute-to-horace-seaver/ dresden:vol-12:tribute-to-horace-seaver The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 12 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Memorial tribute to Horace Seaver — for decades the editor of the Boston Investigator, the oldest freethought journal in America. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-12:tribute-to-isaac-h-bailey 1898-01-01

A Tribute to Isaac H. Bailey Robert G. Ingersoll 1898 Text Tribute text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/tribute-to-isaac-h-bailey/ dresden:vol-12:tribute-to-isaac-h-bailey The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 12 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Memorial tribute to Isaac H. Bailey. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-12:tribute-to-john-g-mills 1884-01-01

A Tribute to John G. Mills Robert G. Ingersoll 1884 Text Tribute text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/tribute-to-john-g-mills/ dresden:vol-12:tribute-to-john-g-mills The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 12 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Grave-side tribute to John G. Mills. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-12:tribute-to-lawrence-barrett 1891-01-01

A Tribute to Lawrence Barrett Robert G. Ingersoll 1891 Text Tribute text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/tribute-to-lawrence-barrett/ dresden:vol-12:tribute-to-lawrence-barrett The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 12 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Memorial tribute to the Shakespearean actor Lawrence Barrett. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-12:tribute-to-ida-whiting-knowles 1886-01-01

A Tribute to Mrs. Ida Whiting Knowles Robert G. Ingersoll 1886 Text Tribute text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/tribute-to-ida-whiting-knowles/ dresden:vol-12:tribute-to-ida-whiting-knowles The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 12 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Memorial tribute to Mrs. Ida Whiting Knowles. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-12:tribute-to-mrs-mary-h-fiske 1888-01-01

A Tribute to Mrs. Mary H. Fiske Robert G. Ingersoll 1888 Text Tribute text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/tribute-to-mrs-mary-h-fiske/ dresden:vol-12:tribute-to-mrs-mary-h-fiske The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 12 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Memorial tribute to Mrs. Mary H. Fiske. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-12:tribute-to-philo-d-beckwith 1892-01-01

A Tribute to Philo D. Beckwith Robert G. Ingersoll 1892 Text Tribute text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/tribute-to-philo-d-beckwith/ dresden:vol-12:tribute-to-philo-d-beckwith The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 12 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Memorial tribute to Philo D. Beckwith. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-12:tribute-to-richard-h-whiting 1888-01-01

A Tribute to Richard H. Whiting Robert G. Ingersoll 1888 Text Tribute text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/tribute-to-richard-h-whiting/ dresden:vol-12:tribute-to-richard-h-whiting The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 12 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Memorial tribute to Richard H. Whiting. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-12:tribute-to-roscoe-conkling 1888-01-01

A Tribute to Roscoe Conkling Robert G. Ingersoll 1888 Text Tribute text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/tribute-to-roscoe-conkling/ dresden:vol-12:tribute-to-roscoe-conkling The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 12 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) The great memorial address to the New York State Legislature on the death of Roscoe Conkling — one of Ingersoll's longest and most celebrated eulogies. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-12:tribute-to-alexander-clark 1879-01-01

A Tribute to the Rev. Alexander Clark Robert G. Ingersoll 1879 Text Tribute text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/tribute-to-alexander-clark/ dresden:vol-12:tribute-to-alexander-clark The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 12 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Tribute at the grave of the Reverend Alexander Clark. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-12:tribute-to-thomas-corwin 1897-01-01

A Tribute to Thomas Corwin Robert G. Ingersoll 1897 Text Tribute text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/tribute-to-thomas-corwin/ dresden:vol-12:tribute-to-thomas-corwin The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 12 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Memorial tribute to Thomas Corwin. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-12:tribute-to-walt-whitman 1892-01-01

A Tribute to Walt Whitman Robert G. Ingersoll 1892 Text Tribute text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/tribute-to-walt-whitman/ dresden:vol-12:tribute-to-walt-whitman The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 12 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Ingersoll's grave-side address at the burial of Walt Whitman in Camden, New Jersey, March 30, 1892 — delivered four days after the poet's death. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-12:address-to-the-actors-fund 1888-01-01

Address to the Actors' Fund of America Robert G. Ingersoll 1888 Text Address text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/address-to-the-actors-fund/ dresden:vol-12:address-to-the-actors-fund The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 12 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Address to the Actors' Fund of America — a tribute to the stage and to the artists whose profession the Church had for so long refused to bury in consecrated ground. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-12:address-to-the-press-club 1898-01-01

Address to the Press Club Robert G. Ingersoll 1898 Text Address text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/address-to-the-press-club/ dresden:vol-12:address-to-the-press-club The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 12 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Address to the New Orleans Press Club on the press as the great civilizer and breaker of provincialism. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-12:at-a-childs-grave 1882-01-01

At a Child's Grave Robert G. Ingersoll 1882 Text Tribute text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/at-a-childs-grave/ dresden:vol-12:at-a-childs-grave The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 12 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Ingersoll's short grave-side address for a dead child — one of the most widely reprinted pieces of American funeral oratory. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-12:tribute-to-benjamin-w-parker 1895-01-01

At the Grave of Benjamin W. Parker Robert G. Ingersoll 1895 Text Tribute text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/tribute-to-benjamin-w-parker/ dresden:vol-12:tribute-to-benjamin-w-parker The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 12 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Grave-side tribute to Benjamin W. Parker. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-12:american-secular-union-convention 1885-01-01

Convention of the American Secular Union Robert G. Ingersoll 1885 Text Address text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/american-secular-union-convention/ dresden:vol-12:american-secular-union-convention The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 12 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Ingersoll's presidential address to the American Secular Union, accepting the office of president. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-12:national-liberal-league-convention 1878-01-01

Convention of the National Liberal League Robert G. Ingersoll 1878 Text Address text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/national-liberal-league-convention/ dresden:vol-12:national-liberal-league-convention The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 12 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Address to the National Liberal League convention in Cincinnati — on the enfranchisement of the human mind, religious liberty, and the family as the unit of good government. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-12:death-of-the-aged 1892-01-01

Death of the Aged Robert G. Ingersoll 1892 Text Tribute text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/death-of-the-aged/ dresden:vol-12:death-of-the-aged The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 12 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) A short letter of condolence — on the death of the old as a serene and rightful thing. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-12:effect-of-worlds-fair 1893-01-01

Effect of the World's Fair on the Human Race Robert G. Ingersoll 1893 Text Essay text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/effect-of-worlds-fair/ dresden:vol-12:effect-of-worlds-fair The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 12 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) On the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago — what world's fairs are for, and what they can do for the progress of the human race. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-12:fragments 1895-01-01

Fragments Robert G. Ingersoll 1895 Text Essay text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/fragments/ dresden:vol-12:fragments The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 12 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) A collection of short letters and fragments — on clover, on the Clover Club, and on various occasional themes. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-12:general-grants-birthday-dinner 1890-01-01

General Grant's Birthday Dinner Robert G. Ingersoll 1890 Text After-Dinner text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/general-grants-birthday-dinner/ dresden:vol-12:general-grants-birthday-dinner The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 12 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Ingersoll's birthday tribute to Ulysses S. Grant at a memorial dinner of the Army of the Tennessee. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-12:jesus-christ 1899-01-01

Jesus Christ Robert G. Ingersoll 1899 Text Lecture text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/jesus-christ/ dresden:vol-12:jesus-christ The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 12 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) The unfinished lecture Ingersoll began a few days before his death in July 1899 — a close examination of the man Jesus, stripped of the centuries of praise that had eulogized him into unreality. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-12:life 1886-01-01

Life Robert G. Ingersoll 1886 Text Essay text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/life/ dresden:vol-12:life The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 12 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Ingersoll's famous prose-poem on the whole span of a human life — written for the New York Dramatic Mirror, December 1886. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-12:lotos-club-anniversary-dinner 1890-01-01

Lotos Club Dinner — Twentieth Anniversary Robert G. Ingersoll 1890 Text After-Dinner text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/lotos-club-anniversary-dinner/ dresden:vol-12:lotos-club-anniversary-dinner The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 12 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) After-dinner address at the twentieth-anniversary banquet of the Lotos Club in New York — the literary and theatrical society of Whitelaw Reid, Mark Twain, and their circle. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-12:lotos-club-anton-seidl 1893-01-01

Lotos Club Dinner in Honor of Anton Seidl Robert G. Ingersoll 1893 Text After-Dinner text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/lotos-club-anton-seidl/ dresden:vol-12:lotos-club-anton-seidl The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 12 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Lotos Club tribute to the German-American conductor Anton Seidl — champion of Wagner and the Metropolitan Opera's leading baton of the 1890s. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-12:lotos-club-admiral-schley 1898-01-01

Lotos Club Dinner in Honor of Rear Admiral Schley Robert G. Ingersoll 1898 Text After-Dinner text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/lotos-club-admiral-schley/ dresden:vol-12:lotos-club-admiral-schley The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 12 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Lotos Club tribute to Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley, fresh from his victory over the Spanish fleet at Santiago de Cuba. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-12:manhattan-athletic-club-dinner 1890-01-01

Manhattan Athletic Club Dinner Robert G. Ingersoll 1890 Text After-Dinner text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/manhattan-athletic-club-dinner/ dresden:vol-12:manhattan-athletic-club-dinner The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 12 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) After-dinner address to the Manhattan Athletic Club of New York. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-12:organized-charities 1897-01-01

Organized Charities Robert G. Ingersoll 1897 Text Essay text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/organized-charities/ dresden:vol-12:organized-charities The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 12 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) A pointed short essay on organized charity and its institutional failures. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-12:our-new-possessions 1898-01-01

Our New Possessions Robert G. Ingersoll 1898 Text Essay text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/our-new-possessions/ dresden:vol-12:our-new-possessions The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 12 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Ingersoll's view on what the United States should do with Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-12:modern-thinkers 1880-01-01

Prof. Van Buren Denslow's "Modern Thinkers" Robert G. Ingersoll 1880 Text Essay text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/modern-thinkers/ dresden:vol-12:modern-thinkers The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 12 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Ingersoll's long introduction to Prof. Van Buren Denslow's 'Modern Thinkers' — a running commentary on Swedenborg, Adam Smith, Bentham, Paine, Fourier, Comte, Haeckel, and Spencer. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-12:professor-briggs 1893-01-01

Professor Briggs Robert G. Ingersoll 1893 Text Essay text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/professor-briggs/ dresden:vol-12:professor-briggs The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 12 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) On the Presbyterian heresy trial of Professor Charles A. Briggs of Union Theological Seminary — the most famous doctrinal dispute in American Protestantism of the 1890s. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-12:robson-and-crane-dinner 1889-01-01

Robson and Crane Dinner Robert G. Ingersoll 1889 Text After-Dinner text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/robson-and-crane-dinner/ dresden:vol-12:robson-and-crane-dinner The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 12 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) After-dinner speech in honor of the comic actors Stuart Robson and William H. Crane. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-12:sabbath-superstition 1894-01-01

Sabbath Superstition Robert G. Ingersoll 1894 Text Essay text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/sabbath-superstition/ dresden:vol-12:sabbath-superstition The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 12 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) An attack on the Sunday laws still in force in most American states — a case for a civil society in which no day is set apart by statute for religious observance. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-12:spain-and-the-spaniards 1898-01-01

Spain and the Spaniards Robert G. Ingersoll 1898 Text Essay text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/spain-and-the-spaniards/ dresden:vol-12:spain-and-the-spaniards The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 12 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Ingersoll's short, unsparing history of Spain — its Inquisition, its empire, and its defeat in 1898. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-12:the-children-of-the-stage 1888-01-01

The Children of the Stage Robert G. Ingersoll 1888 Text Address text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/the-children-of-the-stage/ dresden:vol-12:the-children-of-the-stage The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 12 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) A defense of the stage and the people who live by it — their humanity, their craft, and their contribution to civilization. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-12:circulation-of-obscene-literature 1879-01-01

The Circulation of Obscene Literature Robert G. Ingersoll 1879 Text Address text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/circulation-of-obscene-literature/ dresden:vol-12:circulation-of-obscene-literature The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 12 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Ingersoll's involvement in the Bennett-Comstock obscenity prosecution — the most famous test of the federal obscenity statute of the 1870s. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-12:frank-b-carpenter-dinner 1892-01-01

The Frank B. Carpenter Dinner Robert G. Ingersoll 1892 Text After-Dinner text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/frank-b-carpenter-dinner/ dresden:vol-12:frank-b-carpenter-dinner The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 12 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) After-dinner tribute to Frank B. Carpenter — the painter of Lincoln's Cabinet deliberating over the Emancipation Proclamation. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-12:grant-banquet 1879-01-01

The Grant Banquet Robert G. Ingersoll 1879 Text After-Dinner text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/grant-banquet/ dresden:vol-12:grant-banquet The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 12 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Ingersoll's after-dinner address at the banquet of the Army of the Tennessee in Chicago, November 13, 1879 — one of the most celebrated pieces of American impromptu oratory. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-12:liederkranz-club-banquet 1891-01-01

The Liederkranz Club Seidl-Stanton Banquet Robert G. Ingersoll 1891 Text After-Dinner text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/liederkranz-club-banquet/ dresden:vol-12:liederkranz-club-banquet The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 12 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) After-dinner tribute at the Liederkranz Club banquet honoring conductor Anton Seidl and Theodore Stanton. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-12:police-captains-dinner 1890-01-01

The Police Captains' Dinner Robert G. Ingersoll 1890 Text After-Dinner text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/police-captains-dinner/ dresden:vol-12:police-captains-dinner The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 12 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) After-dinner address to the New York City police captains. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-12:religious-belief-of-abraham-lincoln 1896-01-01

The Religious Belief of Abraham Lincoln Robert G. Ingersoll 1896 Text Essay text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/religious-belief-of-abraham-lincoln/ dresden:vol-12:religious-belief-of-abraham-lincoln The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 12 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Ingersoll's considered opinion, with the evidence, that Abraham Lincoln was not a Christian in any orthodox sense — a letter written in reply to a defender of the contrary view. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-12:thirteen-club-dinner 1887-01-01

Thirteen Club Dinner Robert G. Ingersoll 1887 Text After-Dinner text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/thirteen-club-dinner/ dresden:vol-12:thirteen-club-dinner The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 12 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) After-dinner address at the Thirteen Club — the anti-superstition society that deliberately broke every lucky taboo on record. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-12:unitarian-club-dinner 1891-01-01

Unitarian Club Dinner Robert G. Ingersoll 1891 Text After-Dinner text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/unitarian-club-dinner/ dresden:vol-12:unitarian-club-dinner The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 12 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) After-dinner address to the Unitarian Club — the audience closest in spirit to Ingersoll within organized Christianity. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition

oai:thegreatagnostic.com:dresden:vol-12:western-society-army-of-the-potomac 1892-01-01

Western Society of the Army of the Potomac Banquet Robert G. Ingersoll 1892 Text After-Dinner text/html text/plain application/json https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/western-society-army-of-the-potomac/ dresden:vol-12:western-society-army-of-the-potomac The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Dresden Edition (C. P. Farrell, New York, 1900–1902), Volume 12 en C. P. Farrell Public Domain Mark 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Civil War reunion address at the Western Society of the Army of the Potomac banquet. https://thegreatagnostic.com#dresden-edition