How to Cite
Every work and every post on this site has a one-tap citation tool in the reader, in MLA, APA, and Chicago. The templates below are for the cases when you would rather build the reference by hand.
Citing the archive as a whole
When you want to cite the archive itself rather than a particular work, use these forms:
MLA 9
Ajinga, Jon, editor. The Great Agnostic: A Living Archive of Robert Green Ingersoll. 2026, thegreatagnostic.com. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.APA 7
Ajinga, J. (Ed.). (2026). The Great Agnostic: A living archive of Robert Green Ingersoll. https://thegreatagnostic.comChicago (notes & bibliography)
Ajinga, Jon, ed. The Great Agnostic: A Living Archive of Robert Green Ingersoll. 2026. https://thegreatagnostic.com.Citing the Dresden Edition itself
The Dresden Edition is the canonical print source. When you quote Ingersoll, cite the original (1900–1902) — not this site — unless the precise digital transcription matters to your argument.
MLA 9
Ingersoll, Robert G. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll. Edited by C. P. Farrell, Dresden ed., 12 vols., Dresden Publishing, 1900–1902.APA 7
Ingersoll, R. G. (1900–1902). The works of Robert G. Ingersoll (C. P. Farrell, Ed.; Dresden ed., Vols. 1–12). Dresden Publishing.Chicago
Ingersoll, Robert G. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll. Edited by C. P. Farrell. Dresden ed. 12 vols. New York: Dresden Publishing, 1900–1902.Citing a specific work
Every work page has a citation generator built into the reader — the Cite button in the tools tab — that produces a clean reference in all three styles. It includes the year of original delivery, the volume, and the URL of the digital transcription.
If you would rather build the reference yourself, the general form is:
MLA 9
Ingersoll, Robert G. "Title of Work." The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, edited by C. P. Farrell, vol. X, Dresden Publishing, 1900–1902, pp. NN–NN. The Great Agnostic, thegreatagnostic.com/works/slug/. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.APA 7
Ingersoll, R. G. (Year). Title of work. In C. P. Farrell (Ed.), The works of Robert G. Ingersoll (Vol. X, pp. NN–NN). Dresden Publishing. (Original work delivered Year). Retrieved from https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/slug/Chicago
Ingersoll, Robert G. "Title of Work." In The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, edited by C. P. Farrell, Vol. X, NN–NN. Dresden ed. New York: Dresden Publishing, 1900–1902. https://thegreatagnostic.com/works/slug/.Editorial commentary and blog posts
For my own essays at /blog/, cite the post the way you would any digital article: author, title, publication name (The Great Agnostic), date, URL. Each post has its own citation tool too.
Notes
- The site transcribes the 1900–1902 Dresden Edition. When the wording is in dispute, the print volume is authoritative, not me.
- I use Arabic numerals for volumes for legibility; most style guides accept either Arabic or Roman.
- "Year" in the templates above is the year the work was first delivered or written, not the year the Dresden Edition was printed.