Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. (1898) Robert Green Ingersoll New York, November 26, 1898 MR.PRESIDENT, GENTLEMEN OF THE CLUB — Boys: I congratulate all of you and I congratulate myself, and I will tell you why. In the first place, we were well born, and we were all born rich, all of […]
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Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. Tribute M H Fiske Robert Green Ingersoll A TRIBUTE TO MRS. MARY H. FISKE. At Scottish Rite Hall, New York, February 6, 1889. MY FRIENDS: In the presence of the two great mysteries, Life and Death, we are met to say above this still, unconscious house of […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. Vivisection Robert Green Ingersoll VIVISECTION. VIVISECTION is the Inquisition -- the Hell -- of Science, All the cruelty which the human -- or rather the inhuman -- heart is capable of inflicting, is in this one word. Below this there is no depth. This word lies like […]
I. ON AGNOSTICISM. A PAPER READ AT THE MANCHESTER CHURCH CONGRESS, 1888. BY HENRY WACE, D. D., PREBENDARY OF ST. PAUL’S CATHEDRAL; PRINCIPAL OF KING’S COLLEGE, LONDON. What is agnosticism? In the new Oxford "Dictionary of the English Language," we are told that "an agnostic is one who holds that the existence of anything […]
The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Section X Matthew 13:1 THE same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. 2. And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore. 3. […]
The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Section XXV Matthew 21:1 AND when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethpage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, 2. Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and […]
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Order The Rights of Man now. The Author’s Notes FOR PART ONE AND PART TWO 1. The main and uniform maxim of the judges is, the greater the truth the greater the libel. 2. Since writing the above, two other places occur in Mr. Burke’s pamphlet in which the name of the Bastille is mentioned, […]
The Warfare of Science With Theology Chapter XIV From Fetich To Hygiene by Andrew Dickson White I. THE THEOLOGICAL VIEW OF EPIDEMICS AND SANITATION. The recurrence of great pestilences Their early ascription to the wrath or malice of unseen powers Their real cause want of hygienic precaution Theological apotheosis of filth Sanction given to the […]
A Few Words About The Devil Charles Bradlaugh To have written under this head in the reign of James Rex, of pious memory, would have, probably, procured for me, without even the perusal of my pamphlet, the reputation of Dr. Faustus, and a too intimate acquaintance with some of the pleasant plans of torturing to […]
Debates: Roberts-Bradlaugh Debate: Second Night: Mr. Bradlaugh’s Second Speech Mr. BRADLAUGH: Mr. Chairman.–It is very evident that either my memory has utterly deceived me, or that Mr. Robert’s memory has utterly deceived him. He said he had given you evidence, last night, that the writings were in current circulation at the time they were produced. […]
Mr. Roberts’ First Speech Mr. Bradlaugh’s Second 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
Mr. ROBERTS: You will have observed that Mr. Bradlaugh has not attempted to discuss the case of Moses from its internal peculiarities, upon which hangs a very powerful argument. I will not follow him in his remarks on what are called the Apostolic Fathers, because I do not attach any particular importance to them. I […]
Descent of Man [ 1871] Charles Darwin [ 1809 – 1882 ] Part One: Descent or Origin of Man Chapter I – The Evidence of the Descent of Man from some Lower Form HE WHO wishes to decide whether man is the modified descendant of some pre-existing form, would probably first enquire whether […]
Descent of Man [ 1871 ] Charles Darwin [ 1809 – 1882 ] Chapter XVIII – Secondary Sexual Characters of Mammals- Continued QUADRUPEDS use their voices for various purposes, as a signal of danger, as a call from one member of a troop to another, or from the mother to her lost offspring, […]
The Origin Of Species (1872) Charles Darwin Chapter IV: Natural Selection; Or the Survival of the Fittest How will the struggle for existence, briefly discussed in the last chapter, act in regard to variation? Can the principle of selection, which we have seen is so potent in the hands of man, apply under nature? […]
The Voyage of the Beagle (1839) Charles Darwin Chapter XVI: Northern Chile and Peru Coast-road to Coquimbo — Great Loads carried by the Miners — Coquimbo — Earthquake — Step-formed Terrace — Absence of recent Deposits — Contemporaneousness of the Tertiary Formations — Excursion up the Valley — Road to Guasco — Deserts […]
Bible Morality (1873?) by Charles Watts 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. **** **** BIBLE MORALITY. by Charles Watts Vice-President of the National […]
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 […]
