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Facing Life Fearlessly Clarence Darrow The Pessimistic Versus The Optimistic View Of Life HALDEMAN-JULIUS PUBLICATIONS GIRARD, KANSAS (Report of a lecture delivered at the University of Chicago, under the auspices of the Poetry Club, and the Liberal Club; revised by Mr. Darrow.) I had the pleasure of making the acquaintance of Mr. A.E. Housman in […]

G. W. Foote and A. D. McLaren Published for the Secular Society Ltd. The Pioneer Press (G.W. Foot and Co. Ltd.) 61, Farringdon Street, E.C.4 Index Part I Introduction Amberley, Lord Baskerville, John Bayle, Pierre Bentham, Jeremy Bert, Paul Bolingbroke, Lord Bradlaugh, Charles Broussais, Francois Bruno, Giordano Buckle, Henry Thomas Burton, Sir Richard F. Byron, […]

[Back To Chapter 13] A Biographical Appreciation of Robert Green Ingersoll by Herman E. Kittredge   CHAPTER 14 WAS HE ‘A MERE ICONOCLAST’? (Cont.) Did He Endeavor To Destroy the Hope of Immortality? In dealing with the specific charges of iconoclasm that have been so insistently pressed by the theological indicters of Ingersoll, there yet […]

AN ESSAY CONCERNING HUMAN UNDERSTANDING As thou knowest not what is the way of the Spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God, who maketh all things. — Eccles. 11. 5. Quam bellum est velle confiteri potius nescire […]

Chapter XX Of Modes of Pleasure and Pain 1. Pleasure and pain, simple ideas. Amongst the simple ideas which we receive both from sensation and reflection, pain and pleasure are two very considerable ones. For as in the body there is sensation barely in itself, or accompanied with pain or pleasure, so the thought or […]

Chapter VIII Some further considerations concerning our Simple Ideas of Sensation 1. Positive ideas from privative causes. Concerning the simple ideas of Sensation, it is to be considered,- that whatsoever is so constituted in nature as to be able, by affecting our senses, to cause any perception in the mind, doth thereby produce in the […]

Chapter XII Of the Improvement of our Knowledge 1. Knowledge is not got from maxims. It having been the common received opinion amongst men of letters, that maxims were the foundation of all knowledge; and that the sciences were each of them built upon certain praecognita from whence the understanding was to take its rise, […]

Chapter VIII Of Trifling Propositions 1. Some propositions bring no increase to our knowledge. Whether the maxims treated of in the foregoing chapter be of that use to real knowledge as is generally supposed, I leave to be considered. This, I think, may confidently be affirmed, That there are universal propositions, which, though they be […]

Order books by and about Joseph McCabe now. The Vatican Buries International Law How Mussolini And The Yellow Brother Got Their Share by Joseph McCabe Edited by E. Haldeman-Julius The Black International No. 4 Contents Chapter I – The Church’s Vile Record In Spain Chapter II – Enter First And Second Murderers — Under The […]

Order books by and about Joseph McCabe now. Rome’s Syllabus Of Condemned Opinions The Last Blast Of The Catholic Church’s Medieval Trumpet by Joseph McCabe INTRODUCTION In recent literature about the Roman Catholic Church one still occasionally meets references to “the Syllabus,” or the “Syllabus of Condemned Opinions.” A “syllapub” was a delectable medieval drink […]

CHAPTER II THE TEACHING OF THE CHURCH WITH the bulk of the teaching of the Church I am ,not concerned, since it is the common teaching of Christianity. Let us rather consider what are the distinctive doctrines and practices of the Church of Rome to-day: the perfect outcome of eighteen centuries of the "supernatural gift," […]

Order books by and about Joseph McCabe now. The Story Of Religious Controversy Chapter X by Joseph McCabe Life and Morals in Greece and Rome Contents The Glory That Was Greece Morals of the Athenians The Development of Religion Rise of Philosophy and Skepticism The Splendor That Was Rome Morals in Ancient Rome The Glory […]

Order books by and about Joseph McCabe now. The Story Of Religious Controversy Chapter XXVI by Joseph McCabe The Renaissance: A European Awakening Contents The End of the Nightmare The Call of Greece The Papacy and the Renaissance The Spirit of Humanism Erasmus and the Other Humanists The End of the Nightmare RENAISSANCE is the […]

Chapter 7 Joseph Wheless 82 page printout, pages 238 to 319 of 322 CHAPTER VII THE "TRIUMPH" OF CHRISTIANITY "Destruction to the Triumphant Beast!" Giordano Bruno. "Ecrasez l'Infame!" Voltaire. Even MORE INDUCIVE than its own sweet reasonableness and persuasive truth, as accredited by the records and vouchers we have examined, were several very effective forcible […]

Chapter 14 Joseph Wheless 47 page printout, page 259 - 305 CHAPTER XIV THE INSPIRED "HARMONY OF THE GOSPELS" OF THE LIFE OF JESUS CHRIST THE life and times of Jesus of Nazareth, the Messiah, the King of the Jews, the Savior of the world, are preserved in four short monographs, called after their Greek […]

Order The World’s Sixteen Crucified Saviors now. MATTHEW tells us (xxvii. 31) that when Christ was crucified, there was darkness all over the land for three hours, and “the earth did quake, and the rocks were rent, and many of the saints came out of their graves.” Here we have a series of events spoken […]

Order The World’s Sixteen Crucified Saviors now. MORE than twenty thousand sermons are preached in the Christian pulpits, on every recurring Sabbath, to convince the people that the religion and morality taught and practiced by Jesus Christ was of divine emanation, and was never before taught in the world, — that his system of morality […]

Order The World’s Sixteen Crucified Saviors now. THE report in authentic history of a case of a virtuous woman giving birth to a child with the usual form, and possessing the usual characteristics of a human being, and who should testify she had no male partner in the conception, might in an age of miracles […]

The Heart Of the Bible (ca. 1921) by Marshall J. Gauvin   Where the Prophets Prophesy Falsely, and the Priests Bear Rule By Their Means The Truth Seeker Company 49 Vesey Street New York I am going to do what I have never done in my life — I am going to base my address […]

Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. The Brain and the Bible by Robert G. Ingersoll Washington, December 21, 1881 **** **** THIS book, written by a brave and honest man, is filled with brave and honest thoughts. The arguments it presents can not be answered by all the theologians in the world. The […]

Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. (1890) Robert Green Ingersoll THERE is a desire in each brain to harmonize the knowledge that it has. If a man knows, or thinks he knows, a few facts, he will naturally use those facts for the purpose of determining the accuracy of his opinions on other […]

Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. (1888) Robert Green Ingersoll          DECORATION DAY ORATION. 1888. THIS is a sacred day — a day for gratitude and love. To-day we commemorate more than independence, more than the birth of a nation, more than the fruits of the Revolution, more than physical progress, more than the […]

Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. Reproducible Electronic Publishing can defeat censorship. This file made available by the American Atheists and the Internet Infidels for The Secular Web. Reproduced from the "Masters of Atheism" department of the August 1988 issue of The American Atheist magazine. MASTERS OF ATHEISM INTRO: Atheism has a long, […]

Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. (1885) Robert Green Ingersoll We are told that we have in our possession the inspired will of God. What is meant by the word “inspired” is not exactly known; but whatever else it may mean, certainly it means that the “inspired” must be the true. If it […]

Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. Farrar Robert Green Ingersoll A REPLY TO ARCHDEACON FARRAR. 1890 ________ This fragment (found among Col. Ingersoll's papers) is a mere outline of a contemplated answer to Archdeacon Farrar's article in the North American Review, May, 1890, entitled: "A Few Words on Col. Ingersoll." ________ Archdeacon Farrar, […]

Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. (1890) Robert Green Ingersoll New York, March 22, 1890 YOU have talked so much of old age and gray hairs and thin locks, so much about the past, that I feel sad. Now, I want to destroy the impression that baldness is a sign of age. The […]

Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. On Thomas Paine Robert Green Ingersoll 17 page printout. Reproducible Electronic Publishing can defeat censorship. **** **** This file, its printout, or copies of either are to be copied and given away, but NOT sold. Bank of Wisdom, Box 926, Louisville, KY 40201 The Works of ROBERT […]

Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. Right To Kill Rival Robert Green Ingersoll IS IT EVER RIGHT FOR HUSBAND OR WIFE TO KILL A RIVAL? HOW far should a husband or wife go in defending the sanctity of home? Is it right for the husband to kill the paramour of his wife? Is […]

Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. Second Closing 2 Robert Green Ingersoll 66 page printout, page 62 - 127 Reproducible Electronic Publishing can defeat censorship. THE CLOSING ADDRESS OF THE STAR ROUTE TRIAL (2 of 3 parts) **** **** This file, its printout, or copies of either are to be copied and given […]

Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. Talmage Interview 6 Robert Green Ingersoll 25 page printout. Reproducible Electronic Publishing can defeat censorship. **** **** This file, its printout, or copies of either are to be copied and given away, but NOT sold. The Bank of Wisdom, Box 926, Louisville, KY 40201 The Works of […]