The Complete Works
The Dresden Edition consists of 12 volumes covering lectures, interviews, political speeches, and legal arguments.
Featured Conflict
The Field-Ingersoll Debate
Experience the famous literary duel between Rev. Henry Field and Ingersoll. See the argument and the counter-argument side-by-side.
Rev. Henry Field
"You are trying to take away the hope of the world. What do you offer in its place? A cold, dark, and silent grave?"
The Dresden Edition
Lectures on Religion
The Gods, Humboldt, Thomas Paine, Individuality, Heretics and Heresies.
Lectures on Religion
The Ghosts, The Liberty of Man, Woman and Child, About Farming in Illinois.
Lectures on Religion
Shakespeare, Robert Burns, Abraham Lincoln, Voltaire, Liberty in Literature.
Lectures on Religion
Why I Am an Agnostic, The Truth, How to Reform Mankind, A Thanksgiving Sermon.
Political Speeches
Ingersoll's most famous political addresses, including the 'Plumed Knight' speech.
Political Speeches
Campaign speeches, the Trial of the Chicago Anarchists, and Centennial Oration.
Discussions
My Reviewers Reviewed, The Christian Religion, The Field-Ingersoll Debate.
Interviews
Conversations with the press on politics, religion, and society.
Political Speeches
Later political addresses and arguments.
Legal
Addresses to the jury, The Star Route Trial, The Davis Will Case.
Miscellany
Civil Rights, Crimes Against Criminals, Art and Morality.
Tributes & Miscellany
Eulogies for loved ones and contemporaries, and The dresden Edition index.