Robert G. Ingersoll
(1833 - 1899)
Robert Green "Bob" Ingersoll was a Civil War veteran, American political leader, and orator during the Golden Age of Freethought, noted for his broad range of culture and his defense of agnosticism. He was nicknamed "The Great Agnostic." Robert Ingersoll was born in Dresden, New York. His father, John Ingersoll, was an abolitionist-leaning Congregationalist preacher, whose radical views forced his family to move frequently. For a time, Rev. John Ingersoll filled the pulpit for American revivalist Charles G. Finney while Finney was on a tour of Europe. Upon Finney's return, Rev. Ingersoll remained for a few months as co-pastor/associate pastor under Finney. The elder Ingersoll's later pastoral experiences influenced young Robert negatively, however, as The Elmira Telegram described in 1890.
Eulogies
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From Volume 12 of the Dresden Edition of The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, entitled Miscellany, this audiobook delivers the final chapters, 21 stirring tributes delivered by Colonel Ingersoll (The Great Agnostic) at the funerals or grave sides of, or published, of persons he greatly admired. Included are George Jacob Holyoake, Benjamin W. Parker, Ebon C. Ingersoll, Rev. Alexander Clark, John G. Mills, Elizur Wright, Mrs. Ida Whiting Knowles, Henry Ward Beecher, Roscoe Conkling, Richard H. Whiting, Courtlandt Palmer, Mrs. Mary H. Fiske, Horace Seaver, Lawrence Barrett, Walt Whitman, Philo D. Beckwith, Aton Seidl, Dr. Thomas Seton Robertson, Thomas Corwin, Isaac H. Bailey, and Harrison G. Fiske.
Ingersoll Lectures on Famous Freethinkers
Col. Ingersoll begins his popular lecture series on famous persons as follows: "It is hard to overstate the debt we owe to the men and women of genius. Take from our world what they have given, and all the niches would be empty, all the walls naked—meaning and connection would fall from words of poetry and fiction, music would go back to common air, and all the forms of subtle and enchanting Art would lose proportion and become the unmeaning waste and shattered spoil of thoughtless Chance." One of the most famous orators of his day, a contemporary and personal friend of Mark Twain and General Grant, Ingersoll's lectures on famous people herein includes: SHAKESPEARE, ROBERT BURNS, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, VOLTAIRE, WALT WHITMAN; followed by inspiring speeches on THE GREAT INFIDELS, WHICH WAY? (science or superstition), and ABOUT THE HOLY BIBLE.
Ingersoll on ABRAHAM LINCOLN, from the Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 3, Lecture 3
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Ingersoll on ERNEST RENAN from the Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 11, Lecture 12
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Ingersoll on HUMBOLDT, from the Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 1, Lecture 2
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Ingersoll on ROBERT BURNS, from the Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 3, Lecture 2
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Ingersoll on SHAKESPEARE, from the Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 3, Lecture 1
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Ingersoll on THE GREAT INFIDELS, from the Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 3, Lectures
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Ingersoll on The HOLY BIBLE, from the Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 3, Lecture 9
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Ingersoll on THOMAS PAINE, from the Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 1, Lecture 3
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Ingersoll on VOLTAIRE, from the Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 3, Lecture 4
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Ingersoll on WALT WHITMAN, from the Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 3, Lecture 5
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Ingersoll on WHICH WAY, from the Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 3, Lecture 8
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Col. Ingersoll explains the conflict he sees between the natural vs. the supernatural on a variety of philosophical topics; secular vs. theologically rooted government; a loving vs. a vengeful God; scientific vs. theological approach to curing diseases; the source of religion as divinely inspired or naturally produced; two theories of morals; reason vs. dogma; living for man vs. living for God; living for this life vs. the hereafter; and other dichotomies.
Lectures of Col. R.G. Ingersoll, Volume 1
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Colonel Robert Green Ingersoll was a Civil War veteran, American political leader and orator during the Golden Age of Freethought, noted for his defense of atheism. This book is the first of two volumes collecting Ingersoll's speeches.
01 Gods, Part 1 of 2
02 Gods, Part 2 of 2
03 Ghosts, Part 1 of 2
04 Ghosts, Part 2 of 2
05 Hell, Part 1 of 2
06 Hell, Part 2 of 2
07 Individuality
08 Humboldt
09 Which Way
10 The Great Infidels
11 Talmagian Theology
12 At the Graveside
13 Mistakes of Moses
14 Skulls, Part 1 of 2
15 Skulls, Part 2 of 2
16 Response to his Critics
17 New Departure, Part 1 of 2
18 New Departure, Part 2 of 2
Lectures of Col. R.G. Ingersoll, Volume 2
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A second volume of lectures by the most famous orator of the 19th century. Ingersoll was a tireless crusader for the dignity of humanity, and a relentless opponent of organized religion.
01 - Thomas Paine, Part 1
02 - Thomas Paine, Part 2
03 - Liberty of Man, Woman and Child, Part 1
04 - Liberty of Man, Woman and Child, Part 2
05 - Orthodoxy, Part 1
06 - Orthodoxy, Part 2
07 - Blasphemy
08 - Some Reasons Why
09 - Intellectual Development, Part 1
10 - Intellectual Development, Part 2
11 - Human Rights
12 - Talmagian Theology, 2 & 3
13 - Religious Intolerance
14 - Hereafter
15 - Review of His Reviewers
16 - How the Gods Grow
17 - Religion of our Day
18 - Heretics and Heresies, Part 1
19 - Heretics and Heresies, Part 2
20 - The Bible
21 - Voltaire, Part 1
22 - Voltaire, Part 2
23 - Myth & Miracles
24 - The Chinese God
25 - Is Suicide a Sin?
26 - The Right To One's Life
Mistakes of Moses
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Robert G. Ingersoll was an extremely popular humanist orator in the late nineteenth century, and he wrote Mistakes of Moses after many bootlegged versions of his speeches had been published and circulated. In Mistakes of Moses, through a close, literal reading of the Pentateuch, he challenges biblical stories using science, logic and morality.
Selected Interviews with Robert G. Ingersoll, Volumes 1 & 2
A controversial lecturer, brilliant lawyer, and arguably the most famous orator of the mid to late 1800's, Ingersoll railed against the absurdities of the Bible and cruelties of Christianity, particularly the horrific notion of "eternal damnation". He tirelessly supported the arts, education, science, women’s rights, abolition, home, family, children, and human liberty. As a leader of the Freethought movement, his creed was: “Happiness is the only good, Reason the only torch, Justice the only worship, Humanity the only religion, and Love the only priest.” He was often attacked in the press. Here are 30 published interviews in which Ingersoll spoke extemporaneously, bitingly, sometimes hilariously, on a wide range of topics with newspaper reporters of the day. (Compiled from The Works Of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 8, Dresden Edition, Pub. 1900.
Selected Interviews with Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 1
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Selected Interviews with Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 2
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The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 4
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01 - Why I Am An Agnostic - Part 1
02 - Why I Am An Agnostic - Part 2
03 - The Truth
04 - How To Reform Mankind
05 - A Thanksgiving Sermon, Part 1
06 - A Thanksgiving Sermon, Part 2
07 - A Lay Sermon
08 - The Foundations Of Faith, Part 1
09 - The Foundations Of Faith, Part 2
10 - Superstition, Part 1
11 - Superstition, Part 2
12 - The Devil
13 - The Devil, Part 2
14 - Progress, Part 1
15 - Progress, Part 2
16 - What Is Religion?
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 10 - Legal
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For those who like courtroom drama, here are Ingersoll’s Opening and Closing arguments on the most famous trials of his career--the Star Route Trials which stretched over 2 years, revealing high government corruption in the U.S. Post Office system's westward expansion. Ingersoll was lead counsel for the defense. Compiled from countless reports and endless conflicting details (much like untangling a huge pile of fishing line), it was said that his prodigious memory of the minutest details without referring to the record, knowledge of the law, impregnable logic, forensic power, lucidity, almost infallible judgment, remarkable ability as an orator that kept the courtroom spellbound; his uniform fairness, tact, candor, humor, and matchless summing up, are vividly captured in these transcripts. "He absolutely made no mistakes", said one federal judge. This volume also contains 3 shorter trial summations: the Munn Trial, the Davis Will Case, and the Russell Case. This is the entirety of Volume X, Dresden Edition, pub. 1900.
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 12 - Miscellany
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Enjoy listening to some of The Great Agnostic's fiery articles, speeches and introductory remarks at a variety of banquets, expositions (like the World's Fair), and celebrations in late 1800's America. The controversial Col. Ingersoll was one of the most sought after Toastmasters and speakers in his day, filling great lecture halls before, during, and after the Civil war, amassing 12 volumes of collected written material. Volume 12 are the collected papers that didn't fit into the previous 11 volumes, and were on some occasions not edited by himself. Ingersoll, son of an itinerant Baptist preacher and well versed in scripture, was an ardent atheist, freethinker & co-founder of the Unitarian church, an abolitionist, great supporter of the arts, devoted family man, and friend to some outstanding clergy whether they agreed with his religious views or not.
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 12 - Tributes
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Col. Ingersoll, a renowned trial lawyer and known as "the Great Agnostic", was one of the most sought after Toastmasters of his day, invited to many banquets, parties and gravesides of famous persons, filling huge lecture halls before, during, and after the Civil war, amassing 12 volumes of collected essays and speeches he gave on the lecture circuit. Volume 12 houses the collected papers that didn't fit into the previous 11 volumes, including these tributes to celebrities of his era, to Benjamin W. Parker, Henry Ward Beecher, Walt Whitman, Anton Seidl, and many others.