The Dresden Edition
A–Z Index of Works
An encyclopedia-style index of every work in the canon, all 177 pieces, alphabetized by title with leading articles ignored. Each entry links to the full text and notes its volume and year.
Complete A–Z index
177 works
- About Farming in IllinoisTo Plow is to Pray — to Plant is to Prophesy, and the Harvest Answers and Fulfills.
- About the Holy BibleSomebody ought to tell the truth about the Bible.
- Abraham LincolnThe grandest figure of the fiercest civil war.
- Address on the Civil Rights ActLincoln Hall, Washington, October 22, 1883.
- Address to the 86th Illinois RegimentPeoria, Illinois, 1866.
- Address to the Actors' Fund of AmericaNew York, June 5, 1888.
- An Address to the Colored PeopleGalesburg, Illinois, 1867.
- Address to the Jury in the Davis Will CaseNew York, 1883.
- Address to the Jury in the Munn TrialThe United States vs. Daniel W. Munn — Chicago whiskey conspiracy, 1876.
- Address to the Press ClubNew Orleans, February 1, 1898.
- The Agnostic ChristmasOn keeping Christmas without the supernatural.
- Argument Before the Vice-Chancellor in the Russell CaseRussell vs. Russell, Camden, N.J., June 21, 1899.
- Art and MoralityEssay.
- At a Child's GraveWashington, D.C., January 8, 1882.
- At the Grave of Benjamin W. ParkerGrave-side tribute.
- The Census Enumerator's Official CatechismSatire.
- Centennial OrationPeoria, Illinois, July 4, 1876.
- The Chicago and New York Gold SpeechOn the monetary question, 1896.
- Chicago SpeechExposition Building, Chicago, 1876.
- The Children of the StageOn the stage and its people.
- The Christian ReligionA discussion with Jeremiah S. Black.
- A Christmas SermonPublished in the Evening Telegram, December 19, 1891.
- The Circulation of Obscene LiteratureDefense in the Bennett-Comstock prosecution.
- Closing Address — First Star Route TrialWashington, D.C., 1882.
- Closing Address — Second Star Route TrialWashington, D.C., 1883.
- Convention of the American Secular UnionAlbany, N.Y., September 13, 1885 — presidential address.
- Convention of the National Liberal LeagueCincinnati, September 14, 1878.
- Cooper Union SpeechCooper Union, New York, 1876.
- Crimes Against CriminalsState Bar Association, Albany, N.Y., January 1, 1890.
- Cruelty in the Elmira ReformatoryOn the treatment of prisoners.
- Crumbling CreedsOn the quiet collapse of orthodoxy.
- Death of the AgedLetter of condolence.
- Decoration Day AddressMetropolitan Opera House, New York.
- Decoration Day OrationAcademy of Music, New York — GAR Memorial Celebration.
- The DevilIf the Devil should die would God make another?
- The Divided Household of FaithEssay.
- DivorceReplies to Cardinal Gibbons, Bishop Potter, and others.
- Effect of the World's Fair on the Human RaceOn the 1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition.
- Eight Hours Must ComeOn the eight-hour working day.
- Eight to Seven AddressOn the Electoral Commission, Tremont Temple, Boston.
- Ernest RenanA tribute on the death of the historian of the life of Jesus.
- An Essay on ChristmasEssay.
- A Few Fragments on ExpansionOn American territorial expansion.
- A Few Reasons for Doubting the Inspiration of the BibleEssay.
- The Field–Ingersoll DiscussionFaith or Agnosticism.
- Fool FriendsOn the well-meaning enemies of the cause.
- The Foundations of FaithA systematic examination of the creed.
- FragmentsShort letters, fragments, and occasional pieces.
- The Frank B. Carpenter DinnerTribute to the painter Frank B. Carpenter.
- General Grant's Birthday DinnerTribute to Ulysses S. Grant.
- The GhostsLet them cover their eyeless sockets with their fleshless hands and fade forever from the imagination of men.
- God in the ConstitutionAgainst the proposed "Christian nation" amendment.
- The GodsAn Honest God is the Noblest Work of Man
- Governor Rollins' Fast-Day ProclamationReply to the Governor of New Hampshire.
- The Grant BanquetTwelfth toast, Chicago, November 13, 1879.
- The Great InfidelsThe Infidels of one age have been the aureoled saints of the next.
- Hard Times and the Way OutBoston, October 20, 1878.
- Heretics and HeresiesLiberty, a Word without which all other Words are Vain
- How to Edit a Liberal PaperEssay.
- How to Reform MankindThere is no darkness but ignorance.
- HumboldtThe Universe is Governed by Law
- Huxley and AgnosticismOn Thomas Henry Huxley and the coinage of the word.
- The Improved ManEssay.
- Indianapolis Speech (1876)The Journal, Indianapolis, September 21, 1876.
- Individuality"His Soul was like a Star and dwelt apart."
- The Ingersoll–Gladstone ControversyColonel Ingersoll on Christianity.
- InspirationEssay.
- Interview on Chief Justice ComegysOn the Delaware blasphemy indictment.
- InterviewsMore than one hundred newspaper interviews, 1878–1899.
- Law's DelayOn the slowness of American justice.
- A Lay SermonDelivered before the American Secular Union.
- The Libel LawsEssay.
- Liberty in LiteratureA Testimonial to Walt Whitman.
- The Liberty of Man, Woman, and ChildLiberty sustains the same Relation to Mind that Space does to Matter.
- The Liederkranz Club Seidl-Stanton BanquetIn honor of Anton Seidl and Theodore Stanton.
- LifeNew York Dramatic Mirror, December 18, 1886.
- The Limitations of TolerationDebate before the Nineteenth Century Club, New York, 1888.
- A Look Backward and a ProphecyIngersoll's last essay.
- Lotos Club Dinner — Twentieth AnniversaryNew York literary and theatrical club.
- Lotos Club Dinner in Honor of Anton SeidlAfter-dinner tribute to the conductor.
- Lotos Club Dinner in Honor of Rear Admiral SchleyAfter-dinner tribute to the hero of Santiago.
- The Plumed KnightSpeech nominating James G. Blaine, June 15, 1876.
- The Police Captains' DinnerAfter-dinner speech.
- Political MoralityEssay.
- Prof. Van Buren Denslow's "Modern Thinkers"Introduction to Denslow's biographical study of Swedenborg, Adam Smith, Bentham, Paine, Fourier, Comte, Haeckel, and Spencer.
- Professor BriggsOn the Presbyterian heresy trial of Charles A. Briggs.
- ProgressIngersoll's earliest surviving lecture (1860).
- Ratification SpeechHarrison and Morton — Metropolitan Opera House, June 29, 1888.
- The Religious Belief of Abraham LincolnLetter to Mr. Seip, New York, May 28, 1896.
- Reply to Archdeacon Farrar"A Few Words on Col. Ingersoll" answered.
- A Reply to Bishop SpaldingOn God in the Constitution.
- Reply to Dr. Lyman AbbottAn answer to "Flaws in Ingersollism."
- A Reply to Rev. Drs. Thomas and LorimerMcVicker's Theatre, Chicago, Nov. 26, 1882.
- A Reply to Rev. John Hall and Warner Van NordenOn hungry cloakmakers and the Christianity of capital.
- A Reply to the Cincinnati Gazette and Catholic TelegraphAn interview in the Cincinnati Gazette, 1878.
- A Reply to the New York Clergy on SuperstitionNew York Journal, 1898.
- A Reply to the Rev. Dr. PlumbBoston, 1898.
- Reunion AddressElmwood Reunion of Six Regiments.
- Rev. Dr. Newton's Sermon on a New ReligionReply to a sermon.
- Robert BurnsThe peasant poet of Scotland.
- Robson and Crane DinnerIn honor of the actors Stuart Robson and William H. Crane.
- Rome or ReasonA reply to Cardinal Manning.
- Sabbath SuperstitionOn the Sunday laws.
- Science and SentimentIncluding "Sowing and Reaping."
- SecularismEssay.
- ShakespeareThe greatest genius of our world.
- Six Interviews on TalmageA reply to the Reverend Thomas De Witt Talmage of Brooklyn.
- Some Interrogation PointsQuestions for the clergy.
- Some Mistakes of MosesHe who endeavors to control the mind by force is a tyrant, and he who submits is a slave.
- Some Reasons WhyWhy religion makes enemies, why inspiration is a fiction, and why the morality of the heathen exceeded that of the prophets.
- Spain and the SpaniardsOn the Spanish-American War.
- Speech at CincinnatiThe Republican National Convention, 1876.
- Speech at Indianapolis (1868)Attorney-General of Illinois, Rink, Indianapolis.
- SpiritualityWhat the word really means.
- Suffrage AddressWashington, D.C., January 24, 1880.
- Suicide of Judge NormileReply to the Western Watchman.
- Sumter's GunOn the Civil War and its consequences.
- SuperstitionTo believe in spite of evidence or without evidence.
- The Talmagian CatechismA shorter catechism, drawn from the sermons of Mr. Talmage.
- A Thanksgiving SermonMany ages ago our fathers were living in dens and caves.
- Thirteen Club DinnerOn the superstitions of public men.
- Thomas PaineWith His Name Left Out, the History of Liberty Cannot be Written
- Thomas Paine (Magazine Article)A magazine article.
- The Three PhilanthropistsThree sketches of the good man.
- To the Indianapolis ClergyAnswers to the ministers of Indianapolis.
- Trial of C. B. Reynolds for BlasphemyAddress to the Jury, Morristown, New Jersey, 1887.
- A Tribute to Anton SeidlMemorial tribute to the conductor.
- A Tribute to Courtlandt PalmerMemorial tribute to the founder of the Nineteenth Century Club.
- A Tribute to Dr. Thomas Seton RobertsonMemorial tribute.
- A Tribute to Ebon C. IngersollWashington, D.C., May 31, 1879.
- A Tribute to Elizur WrightMemorial tribute.
- A Tribute to George Jacob HolyoakeEnglish freethinker and coiner of the word "secularism."
- A Tribute to Henry Ward BeecherMemorial tribute to the great American preacher.
- A Tribute to Horace SeaverMemorial tribute to the editor of the Boston Investigator.
- A Tribute to Isaac H. BaileyMemorial tribute.
- A Tribute to John G. MillsGrave-side tribute.
- A Tribute to Lawrence BarrettMemorial tribute to the actor.
- A Tribute to Mrs. Ida Whiting KnowlesMemorial tribute.
- A Tribute to Mrs. Mary H. FiskeMemorial tribute.
- A Tribute to Philo D. BeckwithMemorial tribute.
- A Tribute to Richard H. WhitingMemorial tribute.
- A Tribute to Roscoe ConklingMemorial address to the New York legislature, May 9, 1888.
- A Tribute to the Rev. Alexander ClarkGrave-side tribute.
- A Tribute to Thomas CorwinMemorial tribute.
- A Tribute to Walt WhitmanGrave-side address at Whitman's burial, Camden, N.J., March 30, 1892.
- The TruthThrough millions of ages man slowly developed his brain.
- The Truth of HistoryIncluding "Conversion of the Arch Atheist."
- Wall Street SpeechSub-Treasury steps, Wall Street, New York.
- Western Society of the Army of the Potomac BanquetCivil War veterans reunion.
- What I Want for ChristmasA Christmas essay.
- What Infidels Have DoneOn the infidels' share in the world's progress.
- What Is Religion?Ingersoll's last public address.
- What Must We Do To Be Saved?A close reading of the four gospels.
- Which Way?The natural and the supernatural.
- Why I Am an AgnosticFor the most part we inherit our opinions.
- A Wooden GodOn the deification of the Bible.
- A Word About EducationEssay.
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Leading A, An, and The are ignored when sorting, “The Gods” files under G, “A Christmas Sermon” files under C.