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The Great Agnostic is an independent project that publishes the public-domain writings of Robert Green Ingersoll (1833–1899) together with biographical material, editorial essays, and reference content.
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All of Ingersoll's original writings reproduced on this site are in the public domain in the United States and most of the world. You may read, copy, quote, redistribute, adapt, or publish them without asking anyone's permission.
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