WHAT I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS Robert Green Ingersoll If I had the power to produce exactly what I want for next Christmas, I would have all the kings and emperors resign and allow the people to govern themselves. I would have all the nobility crop their titles and give their lands back to the people. […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. (1889) Robert Green Ingersoll In the February number of the Nineteenth Century, 1889, is an article by Professor Huxley, entitled “Agnosticism.” It seems that a church congress was held at Manchester in October, 1888, and that the Principal of King’s College brought the topic of Agnosticism before […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. Robert Green Ingersoll There are many people, in all countries, who seem to enjoy individual and national decay. They love to prophesy the triumph of evil. They mistake the afternoon of their own lives for the evening of the world. To them everything has changed. Men are […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. Thomas And Lorimer Robert Green Ingersoll 28 page printout Reproducible Electronic Publishing can defeat censorship. Contents of this file page A REPLY TO REV'D DRS. THOMAS AND LORIMER. 1882 1 A REPLY TO REV. JOHN HALL AND WARNER VAN NORDEN. 1892 11 A REPLY TO THE REV. […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. (1876) Robert Green Ingersoll NOTE: The nomination of Blaine was the passionately dramatic scene of the day. Robert G. Ingersoll had been fixed upon to present Blain’s name to the Convention, and, as the result proved, a more effective champion could not have been selected in the […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. Preface Robert Green Ingersoll NOTE for the computer edition, 1990. This Preface begins on page 259 of volume 1 of the Dresden Edition, it was in the beginning of an earlier volume of THE GHOSTS TO EBON C. INGERSOLL, NY BROTHER FROM WHOSE LIPS I HEARD THE […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. Some Reasons Why Robert Green Ingersoll 20 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. Sumters Gun Robert Green Ingersoll SUMTER'S GUN. 1861 -- April 12th -- 1891. FOR about three-quarters of a century the statesmen, that is to say, the politicians, of the North and South, had been busy making compromises, adopting constitutions and enacting laws; busy making speeches, framing platforms […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. Tribute Beckwith Robert Green Ingersoll A TRIBUTE TO PHILO D. BECKWITH. Dowagiac, Mich., January 25, 1893. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: Nothing is nobler than to plant the flower of gratitude on the grave of a generous man -- of one who labored for the good of all -- […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. Tribute Whitman Robert Green Ingersoll A TRIBUTE TO WALT WHITMAN. Camden, N.J., March 30, 1892. MY FRIENDS: Again we, in the mystery of Life, are brought face to face with the mystery of Death. A great man, a great American, the most eminent citizen of this Republic, […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. Worlds Fair Robert Green Ingersoll EFFECT OF THE WORLD'S FAIR ON THE HUMAN RACE. THE Great Fair should be for the intellectual, mechanical, artistic, political and social advancement of the world. Nations, like small communities, are in danger of becoming provincial, and must become so, unless they […]
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The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Section XIX Luke 16:1 Of the unjust steward. AND he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. 2. And he called him, and said unto […]
The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Section V Matthew 6:1 TAKE heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. 2. Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as […]
Order books by Thomas Paine now. [NOTE: Mr. Dean, who rented Paine’s farm at New Rochelle, had written: “I have read with good attention your manuscript on Dreams, and Examination on the Prophecies in the Bible., I am now searching the old prophecies and comparing the same to those said to be quoted in the […]
Andrew White Introduction by Andrew White Chapter I: From Creation to Evolution Chapter II: Geography Chapter III: Astronomy Chapter IV: From “Signs and Wonders” To Law in the Heavens Chapter V: From Genesis to Geology Chapter VI: The Antiquity of Man, Egyptology, and Assyriology Chapter VII: The Antiquity of Man and Prehistoric Archaeology Chapter VIII: […]
The Warfare of Science With Theology Chapter V From Genesis To Geology by Andrew Dickson White I. Growth of Theological Explanations. Germs of geological truth among the Greeks and Romans Attitude of the Church toward science Geological theories of the early theologians Attitude of the schoolmen Contributions of the Arabian schools Theories of the earlier […]
Mr. Bradlaugh, do you believe that there ever existed such a man as Jesus Christ?–l do not believe that there ever existed such a man as Jesus Christ, with the history recorded of him in the Four Gospels. It is quite possible that a man named Jesus, not having such history, may have existed. Then, […]
Mr. BRADLAUGH: There is one thing that I think I ought to do before commencing this speech, and that is personal to myself. A little while ago I disputed the ruling of the chairman. It happened to be exactly the reverse of the ruling of the chairman last night, and I thought I was right […]
Will you kindly tell me whether you think a book could be Divine revelation which provided that a man might steal a woman, rob her of her virtue, and then turn her out in the world without any sort of recompence?–I decline to answer the question in that form. Do you know that Deut. 21:11-14, […]
The CHAIRMAN: Mr. Roberts will now deliver his concluding speech for which he is to be allowed the full time. Mr. ROBERTS: And now, Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen, we have reached the end of the discussion. It has not been so entirely satisfactory as might have been wished; but it has been as much […]
Descent of Man [ 1871] Charles Darwin [ 1809 – 1882 ] Chapter XI – Insects, Continued – Order Lepidoptera. Butterflies and Moths IN this great Order the most interesting points for us are the differences in colour between the sexes of the same species, and between the distinct species of the same […]
The Origin Of Species (1872) Charles Darwin Chapter XI: On the Geological Succession of Organic Beings LET us now see whether the several facts and laws relating to the geological succession of organic beings accord best with the common view of the immutability of species, or with that of their slow and gradual modification, […]
The Voyage of the Beagle (1839) Charles Darwin Chapter I: St. Jago — Cape de Verd Islands Porto Praya — Ribeira Grande — Atmospheric Dust with Infusoria — Habits of a Sea-slug and Cuttle-fish — St. Paul’s Rocks, non-volcanic — Singular Incrustations — Insects the first Colonists of Islands — Fernando Noronha — […]
The Voyage of the Beagle (1839) Charles Darwin Chapter V: Bahia Blanca Bahia Blanca — Geology — Numerous gigantic Quadrupeds — Recent Extinction — Longevity of species — Large Animals do not require a luxuriant vegetation — Southern Africa — Siberian Fossils — Two Species of Ostrich — Habits of Oven-bird — Armadilloes […]
The Origin, Nature, and Destiny of Man Charles Watts THE origin, nature, and destiny of man have for ages been considered problems of a most interesting character. Philosophers and theologians have directed earnest attention to their solution, while poets have allowed their imagination unlimited scope in a field which seemed to be almost boundless. […]
The Meaning Of Atheism By E. Haldeman-Julius Little Blue Book No. 1597 Haldeman-Julius Company Atheism is accurately defined as the denial of the assumptions of theism. The theist affirms that there is a God running the universe; he declares that the idea of such a God is necessary to an understanding of life; he offers […]
[Back To Chapter 6] A Biographical Appreciation of Robert Green Ingersoll by Herman E. Kittredge CHAPTER 7 FROM EIGHTEEN EIGHTY-NINE TO EIGHTEEN NINETY-TWO In 1889, the Rationalists of Europe and America having conjointly provided for the erection of a life-size statue of Bruno, in the Campo dei fiori at Rome, on the spot where […]
Memorial and Remonstrance (1785) MEMORIAL AND REMONSTRANCE AGAINST RELIGIOUS AS SESSMENTS. TO THE HONORABLE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA. A MEMORIAL AND REMONSTRANCE. We, the subscribers, citizens of the said Commonwealth, having taken into serious consideration, a Bill printed by order of the last Session of General Assembly, entitled “A Bill establishing […]
Chapter XIV Idea of Duration and its Simple Modes 1. Duration is fleeting extension. There is another sort of distance, or length, the idea whereof we get not from the permanent parts of space, but from the fleeting and perpetually perishing parts of succession. This we call duration; the simple modes whereof are any different […]
