Friends & Contemporaries
Ingersoll walked among giants. His correspondence and friendships spanned the greatest minds of the 19th century.
Mark Twain
Admirer
"I have heard him speak... and was held spellbound. He was the most beautiful speaker I ever heard."
Walt Whitman
Close Friend
"Ingersoll delivered the eulogy at Whitman's funeral, calling him the 'poet of the human race.'"
Thomas Edison
Scientist
"Edison recorded Ingersoll's voice on early wax cylinders, preserving his oratory for history."
Andrew Carnegie
Philanthropist
"Carnegie once said, 'Ingersoll's life is a creed to which I subscribe.'"
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Suffragist
"They shared platforms advocating for women's rights, agreeing that religion was often used to oppress women."