Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. The Foundations of Faith 1895 I THE OLD TESTAMENT. One of the foundation stones of our faith is the Old Testament. If that book is not true, if its authors were unaided men, if it contains blunders and falsehoods, then that stone crumbles to dust. The geologists […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. (1873) Robert Green Ingersoll “HIS SOUL WAS LIKE A STAR AND DWELT APART” On every hand are the enemies of individuality and mental freedom. Custom meets us at the cradle and leaves us only at the tomb. Our first questions are answered by ignorance, and our last […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. Robert Green Ingersoll THE object of a trial is not to convict — neither is it to acquit. The object is to ascertain the truth by legal testimony and in accordance with law. In this country we give the accused the benefit of all reasonable doubts. We […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. Robert Green Ingersoll BORN of love and hope, of ecstasy and pain, of agony and fear, of tears and joy — dowered with the wealth of two united hearts — held in happy arms, with lips upon life’s drifted font, blue-veined and fair, where perfect peace finds […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. On Humboldt Robert Green Ingersoll 10 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 G. […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. Ratification Speech Robert Green Ingersoll 26 page printout Reproducible Electronic Publishing can defeat censorship. **** **** Contents of this file page RATIFICATION SPEECH. 1 BANGOR SPEECH. 15 **** **** This file, its printout, or copies of either are to be copied and given away, but NOT sold. […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. Stage Children Robert Green Ingersoll THE CHILDREN OF THE STAGE. New York, March 23, 1899. DISGUISE it as we may, we live in a frightful world, with evils, with enemies, on every side. From the hedges along the path of life, leap the bandits that murder and […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. Talmage Interview 2 Robert Green Ingersoll 14 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. Tribute E C Ingersoll Robert Green Ingersoll 12 page printout Reproducible Electronic Publishing can defeat censorship. Contents of thid file page A TRIBUTE TO EBON C. INGERSOLL. 1 A TRIBUTE TO THOMAS CORWIN. 2 A TRIBUTE TO COURTLANDT PALMER. 3 A TRIBUTE TO ROSCOE CONKLING. 6 **** […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. Unitarian Club Robert Green Ingersoll UNITARIAN CLUB DINNER. New York, January 15, 1892. TOAST. The Ideal. MR. PRESIDENT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: In the first place, I wish to tender my thanks to this club for having generosity and sense enough to invite me to speak this evening. […]
LEVIATHAN by Thomas Hobbes 1651 INTRODUCTION NATURE (the art whereby God hath made and governs the world) is by the art of man, as in many other things, so in this also imitated, that it can make an artificial animal. For seeing life is but a motion of limbs, the beginning whereof is in some […]
Reproducible Electronic Publishing can defeat censorship. This file made available by Bill Restemeyer and the Internet Infidels for The Freethought Web. Letter to Peter Carr (Jefferson’s Nephew) Thomas Jefferson, 1787 Dear Peter, — I have received your two letters of December the 30th and April the 18th, and am very happy to find by them, […]
The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Section XXII Matthew 19:1 AND it came to pass, that, when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judea beyond Jordan: 2. And great multitudes followed him, 3. The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying […]
The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Section IX Luke 13:1 THERE were present at that season some that told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. 2. And Jesus, answering, said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galileans were sinners above all the Galileans, because they suffered […]
Thomas Paine: Related Links Friends of Thomas Paine (Off Site) On Thomas Paine (1870) [ 55K ] by Robert Ingersoll Paine’s Letter to Washington Proved His Humanitarianism [ 14K ] (Off Site) by Joseph Lewis The Resurrection of Thomas Paine (1953) [ 16K ] (Off Site) by Joseph Lewis Thomas Paine (1892) [ 44K ] by Robert Ingersoll Thomas Paine and the Age […]
The Atheism Of Astronomy: A Refutation Of The Theory That The Universe Is Governed By Intelligence by Woolsey Teller Globed from the atoms falling slow or swift I see the suns, I see the systems lift Their forms; and even the systems and the suns Shall go back slowly to the eternal drift. Lucretius THE […]
The Warfare of Science With Theology Chapter XII From Magic To Chemistry And Physics. by Andrew Dickson White I. The Supremacy of Magic. Primitive tendency to belief in magic The Greek conception of natura laws Influence of Plato and Aristotle on the growth of science Effect of the establishment of Christianity on the development of […]
The Warfare of Science With Theology Chapter IX The “Fall Of Man” And Ethnology by Andrew Dickson White The “Fall Of Man” And Ethnology The beginnings of the science of Comparative Ethnology Its testimony to the upward tendency of man from low beginning Theological efforts to break its force–De Maistre and De Bonald Whately’s attempt […]
Mr. Roberts’ First Speech Mr. Bradlaugh’s First Speech Mr. Roberts Questions Mr. Bradlaugh Mr. Bradlaugh Questions Mr. Roberts Mr. Roberts’ Second Speech Mr. Bradlaugh’s Second Speech Mr. Roberts’ Third Speech Mr. Bradlaugh’s Third Speech
THE CHAIRMAN: Mr. Roberts will now speak for a quarter of an hour. Mr. ROBERTS: Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, I only wish Mr. Bradlaugh would employ the opportunity he has during his option of questioning me for 15 minutes, to put to me that host of difficulties he says I did not answer, instead […]
Mr. Bradlaugh, do you believe that the Jews are an ancient nation?–I believe they were an ancient race. Do you believe they have always accepted Moses as the writer of the works bearing his name?–I don’t think I have very clear evidence on the point. Some time ago an eminent Jew wrote a letter, and […]
Who Was Jesus Christ? Charles Bradlaugh MANY persons will consider the question one to which the Gospels give a sufficient answer and that no further inquiry is necessary. But while the general Christian body affirm that Jesus was God incarnate on earth, the Unitarian Christians, less in numerical strength but numbering a large proportion of […]
Descent of Man [ 1871 ] Charles Darwin [ 1809 – 1882 ] Chapter XV – Birds- Continued WE have in this chapter to consider why the females of many birds have not acquired the same ornaments as the male; and why, on the other hand, both sexes of many other birds are […]
The Origin Of Species (1872) Charles Darwin Chapter XV: Recapitulation and Conclusion AS THIS whole volume is one long argument, it may be convenient to the reader to have the leading facts and inferences briefly recapitulated. That many and serious objections may be advanced against the theory of descent with modification through variation and […]
The Voyage of the Beagle (1839) Charles Darwin Chapter XIII: Chiloe and Chonos Islands Chiloe — General Aspect — Boat Excursion — Native Indians — Castro — Tame Fox — Ascend San Pedro — Chonos Archipelago — Peninsula of Tres Montes — Granitic Range — Boat-wrecked Sailors — Low’s Harbour — Wild Potato […]
The Voyage of the Beagle (1839) Charles Darwin Chapter IX: Santa Cruz, Patagonia, and The Falkland Islands Santa Cruz — Expedition up the River — Indians — Immense Streams of Basaltic Lava — Fragments not transported by the River — Excavations of the Valley — Condor, Habits of — Cordillera — Erratic Boulders […]
Secularists Catechism Charles Watts 17 page printout From an old, undated, book published by Watts & Co. entitled: 'Pamphlets by Charles Watts' Vol. I. The book contains the motto: -- "To Believe without evidence and demonstration is an act of ignorance and folly." -- Volney. **** **** THE SECULARIST'S CATECHISM: BEING AN EXPOSITION OF SECULAR […]
The Life Of Jesus by Ernest Renan COMPLETE EDITION LONDON: WATTS & Co., 5 & 6 JOHNSON'S COURT, FLEET STREET, E-C-4 **** **** To THE PURE SOUL of MY SISTER HENRIETTE, Who died at Byblus, on September 24th, 1861. Dost thou recall, from the bosom of God where thou reposest long days at Ghazir, […]
[Back To Chapter 10] A Biographical Appreciation of Robert Green Ingersoll by Herman E. Kittredge CHAPTER 11 DID HE ATTACK ‘THE THEOLOGY OF FIFTY YEARS AGO’? OR DID HE ATTACK THE CHRISTIANITY OF THE TIME? A Criticism very frequently heard from those who seem to have in view the double object of belittling Ingersoll’s […]
AN ESSAY CONCERNING HUMAN UNDERSTANDING by John Locke 1690 TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD THOMAS, EARL OF PEMBROKE AND MONTGOMERY, BARRON HERBERT OF CARDIFF, LORD ROSS, OF KENDAL, PAR, FITZHUGH, MARMION, ST. QUINTIN, AND SHURLAND; LORD PRESIDENT OF HIS MAJESTY’S MOST HONOURABLE PRIVY COUNCIL; AND LORD LIEUTENANT OF THE COUNTY OF WILTS, AND OF SOUTH […]
