The Voyage of the Beagle (1839) Charles Darwin Chapter VIII: Banda Oriental and Patagonia Excursion to Colonia del Sacramiento — Value of an Estancia — Cattle, how counted — Singular Breed of Oxen — Perforated Pebbles — Shepherd Dogs — Horses broken-in, Gauchos riding — Character of Inhabitants — Rio Plata — Flocks […]
Secularism: Its Relation to the Social Problems of the Day (1894) by Charles Watts SECULARISM, in dealing with the social problems of the day, relies upon human reason, not upon "divine" faith; upon fact, not upon fiction; upon experience, not upon a supposed supernatural revelation. It can discover no value in what is termed spiritual […]
This speech, given before a Liberal League, probably in the late 1870’s, is transcribed from one of Stanton’s handwritten manuscripts, untitled and undated, in her Library of Congress papers. It gives a flavor of Stanton’s stalwart support of the separation of church and state and her views on religion’s harm to women and society. — […]
[Back To Chapter 9] A Biographical Appreciation of Robert Green Ingersoll by Herman E. Kittredge CHAPTER 10 THE PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATION UPON WHICH HE STOOD Before attempting an estimate of those views the dissemination of which constituted the life-work of Ingersoll, let us carefully and candidly examine the foundation upon which he stood. Let us […]
Giordano Bruno: The Forgotten Philosopher by John J. Kessler, Ph.D., Ch.E. Filosofo, arso vivo a Roma, PER VOLONTA DEL PAPA IL 17 FEBBRAIO 1600 In the year 1548 an Italian boy was born in the little town of Nola, not far from Vesuvius. Although, he spent the greater part of his life in hostile […]
Chapter XVII Of Infinity 1. Infinity, in its original intention, attributed to space, duration, and number. He that would know what kind of idea it is to which we give the name of infinity, cannot do it better than by considering to what infinity is by the mind more immediately attributed; and then how the […]
Chapter IV Idea of Solidity 1. We receive this idea from touch. The idea of solidity we receive by our touch: and it arises from the resistance which we find in body to the entrance of any other body into the place it possesses, till it has left it. There is no idea which we […]
Chapter IX Of the Imperfection of Words 1. Words are used for recording and communicating our thoughts. From what has been said in the foregoing chapters, it is easy to perceive what imperfection there is in language, and how the very nature of words makes it almost unavoidable for many of them to be doubtful […]
Chapter IV Of the Reality of Knowledge 1. Objection. “Knowledge placed in our ideas may be all unreal or chimerical.” I doubt not but my reader, by this time, may be apt to think that I have been all this while only building a castle in the air; and be ready to say to me: […]
Big Blue Books by Joseph McCabe The Vatican’s Last Crime How The Pope Of Peace Traded In Blood How The Cross Courted The Swastika For Eight Year The Vatican Buries International Law Hitler Dupes The Vatican The War And Papal Intrigue The Pious Traitors Of Belgium And France The Pope And The Italian Jackal Atheist […]
Order books by and about Joseph McCabe now. The Holy Faith Of Romanists How Catholics Are Hypnotized About Their Weird Creed by Joseph McCabe Edited by E. Haldeman-Julius The Black International No. 16 Contents Chapter I – What Is The Roman Creed? Chapter II – The Pope And Popery Chapter III – The System Of […]
SECTION I THE HISTORY OF THE ROMAN CHURCH CHAPTER VI THE PAPACY IN THE DEPTHS THE Catholic theory is that God, for his inscrutable reasons – this is said in low and reverential tones permitted the Papacy to contract a stain at times from the age in which it lived. The plain historical truth is […]
Order books by and about Joseph McCabe now. The Story Of Religious Controversy Chapter VI by Joseph McCabe The Human Origin of Morals Contents Theories of Moral Law Evolution and Morals Religion and Morals Moral Eccentricities The Christian Ethic Theories Of Moral Law THERE are few subjects on which so much solemn nonsense has been […]
Order books by and about Joseph McCabe now. The Story Of Religious Controversy Chapter XXII by Joseph McCabe New Light on Witchcraft Contents The Witch of Tradition The Real Witch The Catholic Massacres The Secret Cult The Protestant Massacres The Witch of Tradition FOURTEEN years ago a very distinguished literary colleague of George Bernard Shaw […]
Chapter 3 Joseph Wheless 24 page printout, pages 89 to 111 of 322 CHAPTER III CHRISTIAN "SCRIPTITRE" FORGERIES "Nothing stands in need of Lying but a LIE." To such an extent are the origins of the Christian Religion wrapped in obscurity, due to the labyrinthine confusions and contradictions and forgeries of its early records, that […]
Chapter 10 Joseph Wheless 16 page printout, page 179 - 194 CHAPTER X YAHVEH -- THE "TERRIBLE GOD" OF ISRAEL THE revelation which is made in the inspired pages of the Hebrew Scriptures of the personality and characteristics of the Hebrew God, cannot but be amazing and even revolting to those whose concept of the […]
Order The World’s Sixteen Crucified Saviors now. OF course, all Gods must be heroes — physically or intellectually, or both. The more danger they encounter, and the earlier they manifest a precocious or preternatural smartness, the more like Gods. And hence we find several of the Saviors in very early childhood displaying great physical prowess […]
Order The World’s Sixteen Crucified Saviors now. THE custom and ceremony of anointing with oil by way of imparting some fancied spiritual power and religious qualification seems to have been extensively practiced by the Jews and primitive Christians, and still more anciently by various oriental nations. Mark (xiv. 4), reports Jesus Christ as speaking commendingly […]
Order The World’s Sixteen Crucified Saviors now. THERE are many incidents related in the life of Christ, which, when critically examined, furnish abundant evidence that he was what is now known as a spiritual medium. He unquestionably represented, and often practically exhibited, several important phases of mediumship. The many instantaneous cures which he wrought, […]
Why I Am An Infidel Luther Burbank LITTLE BLUE BOOK NO. 1020 Edited by E. Haldeman-Julius HALDEMAN-JULIUS COMPANY GIRARD, KANSAS Luther Burbank, naturalist, originator of new fruits, flowers, etc., was born in Massachusetts in 1849. he was always devoted to nature study, especially plant life, with which he early began to experiment. He moved to […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. Art And Morality by Robert G. Ingersoll North American Review, March. 1888. **** **** Art is the highest form of expression, and exists for the sake of expression. Through art thoughts become visible. Back of forms are the desire, the longing, the brooding creative instinct, the […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. Robert Green Ingersoll UNIVERSITIES are naturally conservative. They know that if suspected of being really scientific, orthodox Christians will keep their sons away, so they pander to the superstitions of the times. Most of the universities are exceedingly poor, and poverty is the enemy of independence. Universities, […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. V Field 2 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. Bank of Wisdom, Box 926, Louisville, KY 40201 The Works of ROBERT […]
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 […]
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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 […]
