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by: Robert G. Ingersoll
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 973
EAN: 9780879752095
ISBN: 0879752092
Label: Prometheus Books
Manufacturer: Prometheus Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 175
Publication Date: January 01, 1993
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Sales Rank: 439455
Studio: Prometheus Books
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Rating:  - Explore The Mind of Reason
Mark Twain expressed it best when he wrote the following lines to his wife in 1879:
"I've just come to my room, Livy darling, I guess this was the memorable night of my life. By George, I never was so stirred since I was born. I heard [a speech] by that splendid old soul, Col. Bob Ingersoll,--oh, it was just the supremest combination of English words that was ever put together since the world began."
Mark Twain embodied the hearts and minds of many American's with these ... Read More
Rating: - America - Please give us another Ingersoll
If American children were required to read Robert Ingersoll, the world would be a safer place to be. His warmth and commonsense shine through everything he has ever written. His speeches are clear and insightful, and particularly relevant with much of America caught in the climate of fear stemming from the religious fervour that has engulfed them.
His writings show that a moral life has no connection with a religious belief. I confess I would give any book relating to Ingersoll's writings ... Read More
Rating: - Ingersoll is relevant even today
Ingersoll is right up there with Paine and Voltaire. His thoughts and ideas transcend the centuries, and are relevant to this day (and perhaps beyond). He evinced a deep and honest insight into the human condition, and was especially humorous in re: his jibes at religion - "Belief without evidence is not religion; faith without facts is not religion" or "Men give millions of dollars to carry the gospel to other lands, and leave their own neighbors without bread." He was an abolitionist, a crusader for ... Read More
Rating: - With soap, baptism is a good thing!
The title I have chosen is a quotation from Ingersoll that lost him a teaching job in Illinois because the seminary students to whom he said it in answer to a question they asked reported it to the school's principal. His speeches and writings are full of barbs like this that can have an audience in stitches, and it is no wonder that he was paid as much as $5,000 (in the ninetheenth century) to speak to thousands of delighted people.
After his aborted teaching career he married a fine and ... Read More
Rating: - Fascinating!
Both fascinating and enlightening, this book should be read by everyone as food for thought, if nothing else. It's a shame Robert Ingersoll's words of wisdom aren't more widely known. I'm glad we at least have this collection.
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