The Voyage of the Beagle (1839) Charles Darwin Chapter XVII: Galapagos Archipelago The whole Group Volcanic — Numbers of Craters — Leafless Bushes Colony at Charles Island — James Island — Salt-lake in Crater — Natural History of the Group — Ornithology, curious Finches — Reptiles — Great Tortoises, habits of — Marine […]
Was Christ a Political and Social Reformer? by Charles Watts ALTHOUGH Thomas Carlyle has said that "in these days it is professed that hero-worship has gone out and finally ceased," thousands of the professed followers of Christ idolize his memory to such an extent that they appear to be entirely oblivious of any defect either […]
The Lord’s Day Alliance Clarence Darrow This veteran of the Courts, who has spent fifty years tearing deserved holes in the law, takes and swings his priceless irony towards these professional Christians. When do we rest and when do we play? Apparently we don’t. What Price salvation? it’s not worth it Among the various societies […]
Men, Women, And Gods And Other Lectures by Helen H. Gardener AUTHOR OF "A Thoughtless Yes;" "Is This Your Son, My Lord," A Radical Novel "Sex In Brain;" And Other Essays. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ROBERT G. INGERSOLL 1885 THIRTEENTH EDITION. NEW YORK: THE TRUTH SEEKER COMPANY, 28 LAFAYETTE PLACE. THIS LITTLE VOLUME, is RESPECTFULLY […]
[Back To Chapter 14] A Biographical Appreciation of Robert Green Ingersoll by Herman E. Kittredge CHAPTER 15 HIS DOMESTIC TEACHINGS Woman, Love, Marriage, Home It has been written, that upon the urn inclosing the ashes of our reformer should be the words, “Liberator of Men.” Without attributing to the author of the latter any […]
Chapter II No Innate Practical Principles 1. No moral principles so clear and so generally received as the forementioned speculative maxims. If those speculative Maxims, whereof we discoursed in the foregoing chapter, have not an actual universal assent from all mankind, as we there proved, it is much more visible concerning practical Principles, that they […]
Chapter XXI Of Power 1. This idea how got. The mind being every day informed, by the senses, of the alteration of those simple ideas it observes in things without; and taking notice how one comes to an end, and ceases to be, and another begins to exist which was not before; reflecting also on […]
Chapter IX Of Perception 1. Perception the first simple idea of reflection. PERCEPTION, as it is the first faculty of the mind exercised about our ideas; so it is the first and simplest idea we have from reflection, and is by some called thinking in general. Though thinking, in the propriety of the English tongue, […]
Chapter XIII Some Further Considerations Concerning our Knowledge 1. Our knowledge partly necessary, partly voluntary. Our knowledge, as in other things, so in this, has so great a conformity with our sight, that it is neither wholly necessary, nor wholly voluntary. If our knowledge were altogether necessary, all men’s knowledge would not only be alike, […]
Chapter IX Of our Threefold Knowledge of Existence 1. General propositions that are certain concern not existence. Hitherto we have only considered the essences of things; which being only abstract ideas, and thereby removed in our thoughts from particular existence, (that being the proper operation of the mind, in abstraction, to consider an idea under […]
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CHAPTER III THE CONFESSIONAL AND INDULGENCES IF there is one part of the Catholic system which more than any other has attracted the attention of non-Catholics, it is what the Church calls "the sacrament of penance," and others call the practice of confession. No part of a church is observed by the visitor with such […]
Order books by and about Joseph McCabe now. The Story Of Religious Controversy Chapter XI by Joseph McCabe Phallic Elements in Religion Contents Modern Modesty Phallism in the Old Testament The Phallic Stage Phallism Under Christianity Modern Modesty SCIENCE enables you to see the world grow. It produces a slow moving-picture of the unfolding of […]
Order books by and about Joseph McCabe now. The Story Of Religious Controversy Chapter XXVII by Joseph McCabe The Reformation and Protestant Reaction Contents The Disgust of Christendom Why the Reformation Succeeded Martin Luther The Catholic Reformation Humanity Crucified for Christ The Disgust of Christendom In the spring of the year 1415 a General Council […]
Introduction Joseph Wheless 24 page printout, page 1 to 23+note of 322 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 **** **** FORGERY IN CHRISTIANITY A Documented Record of the Foundations […]
Chapter 15 Joseph Wheless 33 page printout, page 306 - 338 CHAPTER XV MORE "HARMONY OF THE GOSPELS" THE CLOSING SCENES OF THE DRAMA WE have thus reviewed the salient features of the recorded events of the birth and career of the Man of Nazareth, and thus have been enabled to form an intelligent, if […]
Order The World’s Sixteen Crucified Saviors now. THE next most important event in the histories of the Saviors after their crucifixion, and the act of giving up the ghost, is that of their descent into the infernal regions. That Jesus Christ descended into hell after his crucifixion is not expressly taught in the Christian bible, […]
Order The World’s Sixteen Crucified Saviors now. THEIR MIRACULOUS HISTORY AND LEADING PRINCIPLES The advent of each Savior was miraculously foretold by prophets. The fallen and degenerate condition of the human race is taught in the religion of each. A plan of restoration or salvation is provided for in each case. A […]
Order The World’s Sixteen Crucified Saviors now. A PROFUSION of evidence is furnished at every step, along the devious pathway of sacred history, tending to show that all the systems of worship which have existed in the past have had a dip in “the halo of the heavenly orbs,” and hence shine with a light […]
Confessions Of An Abortionist Martin Avery (nom de plume) Big Blue Book No. 474 Intimate Sidelights on the Secret Human, Sorrow, Drama and Tragedy in the Experience of a Doctor Whose Profession It Is To Perform Illegal Operations. 1939 Haldeman-Julius Company GIRARD -- : -- KANSAS Contents Early Days and Ideas My Family Speaks […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. (1883) Robert Green Ingersoll Question. The clergymen who have been interviewed, almost unanimously have declared that the church is suffering very little from the skepticism of the day, and that the influence of the scientific writers, whose opinions are regarded as atheistic or infidel, is not great; […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. (1891) Robert Green Ingersoll NOTE: The matchless eloquence of Ingersoll! Where will one look for the like of it? What other man living has the faculty of blending wit and humor, pathos and fact and logic with such exquisite grace, or with such impressive force? Senator […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. (1899) Robert Green Ingersoll I — If the Devil Should Die Would God Make Another? A little while ago I delivered a lecture on “Superstition,” in which, among other things, I said that the Christian world could not deny the existence of the Devil; that the Devil […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. (1872) Robert Green Ingersoll An honest God is the Noblest Work of Man. Each nation has created a god, and the god has always resembled his creators. He hated and loved what they hated and loved, and he was invariably found on the side of those in […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. Robert Green Ingersoll A FEW REASONS FOR DOUBTING THE INSPIRATION OF THE BIBLE. THE Old Testament must have been written nearly two thousand years before the invention of Printing. There were but few copies, and these were in the keeping of those whose interest might have prompted […]
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Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. (1890) Robert Green Ingersoll New York, December 27, 1890 TOAST Athletics among the Ancients THE first record of public games is found in the twenty-third Book of the Iliad. These games were performed at the funeral of Patroclus, and there were: First. A chariot race, and the […]
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Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. Sabbath Superstition Robert Green Ingersoll SABBATH SUPERSTITION. THE idea that one day in the week is better than the others and should be set apart for religious purposes; that it should be considered holy; that no useful work should be done on that day; that it should […]
