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Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) was
an American lawyer, orator, writer, and
philosopher. He was the son of a
Congregational minister of very broad
views. He began to practice law at Peoria,
Illinois, in 1857, and fought in the
American Civil War. He became a religious
controversialist, best known for his
attacks upon the Bible, and a major
representative of American Secularism.
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American
Infidel: Robert G. Ingersoll, by Orvin
Larson
Freethought flowered in the United
States in the latter half of the 19th
century, and its best known advocate was
Robert Green Ingersoll, a lawyer and Civil
War officer, who travelled the continent
for 30 years, speaking to capacity
audiences. Although his repertoire
included lectures on Shakespeare, Voltaire
and Burns, the largest crowds turned out
to hear him denounce the bible, and
religion.
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Superstition
and Other Essays, by Robert G.
Ingersoll
Ingersoll on Truth: "Each mind has the
right to lift all curtains, withdraw all
veils, scale all walls, explore all
recesses, all heights, all depths for
itself, in spite of church or priest, or
creed or book."
Ingersoll on Religion: "Religion can
never reform mankind because religion is
slavery. It is far better to be free, to
leave the forts and barricades of fear, to
stand erect and face the future, with a
smile."
Ingersoll on Superstition: "Now no man
in whose brain the torch of reason burns,
no man who investigates, who really
thinks, who is capable of weighing
evidence, believes in signs, in lucky or
unlucky numbers."
Ingersoll on the Bible as a moral
guide: "We cannot depend on what are
called 'inspired books,' or the religions
of the world. These religions are based on
the supernatural, and according to them we
are under obligation to worship and obey
some supernatural being, or beings. All
these religions are inconsistent with
intellectual liberty. They are the enemies
of thought, of investigation, of mental
honesty."
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Best of
Robert Ingersoll: Selections from His
Writings and Speeches
Skillfully captures both Ingersoll's
blazing integrity and his wonderful
insights. There are memorable quotes on
nearly every page (On Immortality: "It is
better to ignorantly hope than to
dishonestly affirm."). An excellent
reminder that we are all better served by
having an open, honest, civil debate about
life's most ultimate questions.
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Sixty-Five
Press Interviews With Robert G.
Ingersoll
The speeches of Robert Green Ingersoll
(1833-1899), "the Great Agnostic," sparked
great controversy in 19th-century America,
and are well published even today. But
Ingersoll also spoke to reporters -- some
friendly, some not. This valuable archive
of rare articles, 65 Press Interviews With
Robert G. Ingersoll, collects from over
two dozen newspapers Ingersoll's comments
on freethought, the Bible, heaven and
hell, miracles, church creeds,
missionaries, Sunday blue laws,
prohibition, anarchism, aging, current
events, and even on theater, music,
literature, and summer vacations.
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Reason,
Tolerance, and Christianity: The Ingersoll
Debates (Freethought
Library)
This important new book contains three
spirited debates--"Rome of Reason,"
"Controversy on Christianity," and "The
Limits of Toleration"--between the great
American freethinker Robert G. Ingersoll
(1833-1899) and leading Christian
churchmen and statesmen of his own day,
including Cardinal Edward Manning and
William Gladstone.
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Some
Mistakes of Moses, by Robert G.
Ingersoll
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