Index
Sitemap
A complete human-readable index of every page on the site, 177 works, every essay, every reference page, in one place. The machine-readable version is at /sitemap.xml.
Start here
If you've never read Ingersoll before, these three pages set the stage.
The Dresden Edition
The complete works in twelve volumes, every way to browse the canon.
- All Works (the complete index) 177 works · search + filters /works/
- Start Here Five works to read first, in order /start-here/
- Editor's Spotlight Six landmark works, hand-picked /works/featured/
- Reading Plans Themed itineraries through the canon /reading-plans/
- A–Z Index Encyclopedia-style alphabetical list /works/a-z/
- Concept Index Back-of-book index by theme /works/concepts/
- Output by Year Year-by-year distribution chart /works/by-year/
- By Decade Every work grouped by decade /works/by-decade/
- By Category Lectures, essays, debates, and more /works/by-category/
- Longest Works Top 25 by word count /works/longest/
- Shortest Works Quickest entry points to the canon /works/shortest/
- Random Work A random piece, on demand /works/random/
- Topic Map Interactive D3 graph of topics + works /works/topic-map/
- Concept Graph Chord diagram of concept-category co-occurrence /concept-graph/
- Topics index Eleven cross-cutting themes /topics/
- Archive (by year) Every work and post by year /archives/
- Editor's Introduction Modern editorial framing of the Dresden Edition /works/dresden-introduction/
- Publisher's Preface C. P. Farrell's 1900 preface /works/preface/
His life & circle
The man, his contemporaries, his image, and his voice.
- This Day Calendar of his life by month and day /this-day/
- Connections Twelve close contemporaries /connections/
- Family Tree Parents, wife, daughters /family-tree/
- Influences Paine, Voltaire, Hume, the lineage he claimed /influences/
- Legacy What survived after 1899 /legacy/
- Lecture Tour Three decades on the lyceum circuit /lecture-tour/
- Debates His published exchanges with clergy and statesmen /debates/
- Gallery Photographs and portraits /gallery/
- Videos Documentaries and readings /videos/
- Quotes His most enduring lines /quotes/
Reference
Tools for reading widely, research aids, search, glossary, FAQ.
Your reader
Personal reading tools. Everything is stored locally, no account, no server.
About the project
Why this site exists, how it's built, and how to help.
- About The mission and the editor /about/
- Features What the archive offers /features/
- Colophon Type, source texts, transcription policy /colophon/
- Citations How to cite, MLA, APA, Chicago /citations/
- Editorial Standards How I edit and source /ethics/
- Style Guide Visual + editorial conventions /style-guide/
- Tech Stack How the site is built, for the technically curious /tech-stack/
- Contribute Transcribe a work or write an essay /submit/
- Contributors Everyone who has helped, and the credit policy /contributors/
- For Researchers Machine-readable surfaces, citation guide, bulk access /research/
- For the Classroom Lesson plans, discussion questions, fair-use guidance /classroom/
- Manuscript Watch Library, archive, and museum holdings of the Dresden Edition /manuscripts/
- Changelog What's new /changelog/
- Contact Get in touch /contact/
Legal & utility
Boilerplate pages and small-print.
Feeds & files
Machine-readable endpoints, RSS for readers, XML for crawlers, plain-text for the curious.
- RSS, main feed New essays + works /feed.xml
- RSS, works only Just newly-published works /works/feed.xml
- XML sitemap For search engines /sitemap.xml
- Works API (JSON) Machine-readable index of every work /api/works.json
- Downloads manifest Per-work .txt / .json / .bib export index /api/downloads.json
- Glossary feed Term + definition feed (powers in-text tooltips) /api/glossary.json
- Concordance feed Per-work named-entity cross-references summary /api/concordance.json
- This Day RSS Atom feed of every dated event from Ingersoll's life /this-day/feed.xml
- This Day JSON Feed JSON Feed mirror of /this-day/feed.xml /api/this-day.json
- Concept-graph data Nodes + edges feeding /concept-graph/ /api/concept-graph.json
- Concept-graph SVG Server-rendered concept chord diagram /api/concept-graph.svg
- Work-history manifest Per-work transcription Git changelog /api/work-history.json
- OAI-PMH Identify Repository identifier for library harvesters /api/oai-pmh/identify.xml
- OAI-PMH ListRecords Dublin Core records for every work /api/oai-pmh/list-records.xml
- robots.txt Crawler directives /robots.txt
- humans.txt Credits + colophon /humans.txt
- security.txt Vulnerability disclosure /.well-known/security.txt
The 12 volumes
One landing page per volume. Each volume's RSS feed lists its individual works.
- Volume I, Lectures — Early 9 works · 1869–1880 /works/volume-1/
- Volume II, Lectures — Religion 4 works · 1879–1885 /works/volume-2/
- Volume III, Lectures & Tributes 8 works · 1878–1894 /works/volume-3/
- Volume IV, Lectures — Later 10 works · 1860–1899 /works/volume-4/
- Volume V, Discussions 3 works · 1877–1882 /works/volume-5/
- Volume VI, Debates 7 works · 1881–1890 /works/volume-6/
- Volume VII, Replies 13 works · 1877–1898 /works/volume-7/
- Volume VIII, Interviews 1 works · 1899 /works/volume-8/
- Volume IX, Political Speeches 20 works · 1866–1896 /works/volume-9/
- Volume X, Legal Arguments 6 works · 1876–1899 /works/volume-10/
- Volume XI, Essays & Miscellany 43 works · 1879–1899 /works/volume-11/
- Volume XII, Miscellany & Tributes 53 works · 1878–1899 /works/volume-12/
All topics
Eleven cross-cutting themes. Each topic page collects every work where that theme is central.
- Religion & Belief 59 works · Lectures, debates, and replies on God, the Bible, the church, and the rational… /topics/religion/
- Freethought 16 works · The intellectual lineage Ingersoll claimed, Paine, Voltaire, Hume, Bruno, and… /topics/freethought/
- Politics & Government 25 works · Stump speeches, convention orations, and political commentary from… /topics/politics/
- Liberty & Rights 26 works · Free speech, free thought, the rights of conscience, and the limits of… /topics/liberty/
- Women & Family 10 works · Ingersoll on marriage, divorce, women's suffrage, and the equality of the sexes. /topics/women-and-family/
- Science & Reason 25 works · Darwin, Humboldt, evolution, and Ingersoll's argument that science is the great… /topics/science-and-reason/
- Law & the Courts 25 works · Trial summations, legal arguments, and reflections on jurisprudence from… /topics/law/
- Tributes & Eulogies 38 works · Funeral orations and memorial addresses, including the celebrated tributes to… /topics/tributes/
- Labor & Economy 4 works · On working hours, wages, free trade, the labor question, and the relationship… /topics/labor/
- War & the Civil War 31 works · Ingersoll's reflections on his Civil War service, the Union cause… /topics/war-and-civil-war/
- Literature & the Arts 14 works · Lectures and essays on poets, novelists, the stage, and the place of literature… /topics/literature-and-arts/
Blog essays (3)
Editorial commentary, reflections on Ingersoll's ideas, his legacy, and the enduring relevance of freethought.
- Ingersoll and the Scientific Spirit July 20, 2025 /blog/posts/ingersoll-on-science-and-reason/
- Ingersoll and Lincoln: Two Men of the Frontier Mind August 15, 2025 /blog/posts/ingersoll-and-lincoln/
- The Enduring Relevance of Robert Ingersoll September 1, 2025 /blog/posts/the-relevance-of-ingersoll-today/
Every work (177)
All 177 works in the Dresden Edition, grouped by volume. Click a volume heading to collapse its list.
Volume I, Lectures — Early
Volume II, Lectures — Religion
Volume III, Lectures & Tributes
Volume IV, Lectures — Later
Volume V, Discussions
Volume VI, Debates
Volume VII, Replies
- A Christmas Sermon
- A Reply to Rev. Drs. Thomas and Lorimer
- A Reply to Rev. John Hall and Warner Van Norden
- A Reply to the Cincinnati Gazette and Catholic Telegraph
- A Reply to the New York Clergy on Superstition
- A Reply to the Rev. Dr. Plumb
- Interview on Chief Justice Comegys
- My Chicago Bible Class
- My Reviewers Reviewed
- Suicide of Judge Normile
- The Brooklyn Divines
- The Limitations of Toleration
- To the Indianapolis Clergy
Volume VIII, Interviews
Volume IX, Political Speeches
- Address to the 86th Illinois Regiment
- An Address to the Colored People
- Bangor Speech
- Brooklyn Speech
- Centennial Oration
- Chicago Speech
- Cooper Union Speech
- Decoration Day Address
- Decoration Day Oration
- Eight to Seven Address
- Hard Times and the Way Out
- Indianapolis Speech (1876)
- Ratification Speech
- Reunion Address
- Speech at Cincinnati
- Speech at Indianapolis (1868)
- Suffrage Address
- The Chicago and New York Gold Speech
- The Plumed Knight
- Wall Street Speech
Volume X, Legal Arguments
Volume XI, Essays & Miscellany
- A Few Reasons for Doubting the Inspiration of the Bible
- A Look Backward and a Prophecy
- A Reply to Bishop Spalding
- A Wooden God
- A Word About Education
- A Young Man's Chances To-Day
- Address on the Civil Rights Act
- An Essay on Christmas
- Art and Morality
- Crimes Against Criminals
- Cruelty in the Elmira Reformatory
- Crumbling Creeds
- Eight Hours Must Come
- Ernest Renan
- Fool Friends
- God in the Constitution
- Governor Rollins' Fast-Day Proclamation
- How to Edit a Liberal Paper
- Huxley and Agnosticism
- Inspiration
- Law's Delay
- Our Schools
- Political Morality
- Rev. Dr. Newton's Sermon on a New Religion
- Science and Sentiment
- Secularism
- Some Interrogation Points
- Spirituality
- Sumter's Gun
- The Agnostic Christmas
- The Bigotry of Colleges
- The Census Enumerator's Official Catechism
- The Divided Household of Faith
- The Improved Man
- The Jews
- The Libel Laws
- The Three Philanthropists
- The Truth of History
- Thomas Paine (Magazine Article)
- Trial of C. B. Reynolds for Blasphemy
- Vivisection
- What I Want for Christmas
- What Infidels Have Done
Volume XII, Miscellany & Tributes
- A Few Fragments on Expansion
- A Tribute to Anton Seidl
- A Tribute to Courtlandt Palmer
- A Tribute to Dr. Thomas Seton Robertson
- A Tribute to Ebon C. Ingersoll
- A Tribute to Elizur Wright
- A Tribute to George Jacob Holyoake
- A Tribute to Henry Ward Beecher
- A Tribute to Horace Seaver
- A Tribute to Isaac H. Bailey
- A Tribute to John G. Mills
- A Tribute to Lawrence Barrett
- A Tribute to Mrs. Ida Whiting Knowles
- A Tribute to Mrs. Mary H. Fiske
- A Tribute to Philo D. Beckwith
- A Tribute to Richard H. Whiting
- A Tribute to Roscoe Conkling
- A Tribute to the Rev. Alexander Clark
- A Tribute to Thomas Corwin
- A Tribute to Walt Whitman
- Address to the Actors' Fund of America
- Address to the Press Club
- At a Child's Grave
- At the Grave of Benjamin W. Parker
- Convention of the American Secular Union
- Convention of the National Liberal League
- Death of the Aged
- Effect of the World's Fair on the Human Race
- Fragments
- General Grant's Birthday Dinner
- Jesus Christ
- Life
- Lotos Club Dinner — Twentieth Anniversary
- Lotos Club Dinner in Honor of Anton Seidl
- Lotos Club Dinner in Honor of Rear Admiral Schley
- Manhattan Athletic Club Dinner
- Organized Charities
- Our New Possessions
- Prof. Van Buren Denslow's "Modern Thinkers"
- Professor Briggs
- Robson and Crane Dinner
- Sabbath Superstition
- Spain and the Spaniards
- The Children of the Stage
- The Circulation of Obscene Literature
- The Frank B. Carpenter Dinner
- The Grant Banquet
- The Liederkranz Club Seidl-Stanton Banquet
- The Police Captains' Dinner
- The Religious Belief of Abraham Lincoln
- Thirteen Club Dinner
- Unitarian Club Dinner
- Western Society of the Army of the Potomac Banquet
This index is generated at build time, so every page listed is actually published. If something seems missing, tell me.