Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. Tribute Whiting Robert Green Ingersoll A TRIBUTE TO RICHARD H. WHITING. New York, May 21, 1888. MY FRIENDS: The river of another life has reached the sea. Again we are in the presence of that eternal peace that we call death. My life has been rich in […]
Order books by and about Robert Ingersoll now. Word On Education Robert Green Ingersoll A WORD ABOUT EDUCATION. 1891 The end of life -- the object of life -- is happiness. Nothing can be better than that -- nothing higher. In order to be really happy, man must be in harmony with his surroundings, with […]
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The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Section XVIII Luke 15:1 THEN drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him. 2. And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them. 3. And he spake this parable unto them, saying, 4. What man […]
The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth Section IV Matthew 5:1 AND seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: 2. And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, 3. Blessed are the poor in spirit: for their’s is the kingdom […]
Order books by Thomas Paine now. A Discourse At The Society Of Theophilanthropists, Paris [NOTE: Theophilanthropy, in its six years in France, gave rise to a considerable literature, of which Paine’s account, in the Letter to Erskine, is the friendliest chapter. The wrath with which the Catholic Church saw this Theistic Church and Ethical Society […]
Why I Left The Ministry And Became An Atheist By G. Vincent Runyon Copyright by Superior Books 1959. All Rights Reserved. This manuscript may not be distributed in any form without written permission from the Truth Seeker, 16935 W. Bernardo Drive, Suite 103, San Diego CA 92127. (619) 676-0430 Contents: Background And Education How Long […]
The Warfare of Science With Theology Chapter IV From “Signs and Wonders” To Law In The Heavans. by Andrew Dickson White I. The Theological View. Early beliefs as to comets meteors and eclipses Their inheritance by Jews and Christians The belief regarding comets especially harmful as a source of superstitious terror Its transmission through the […]
Mr. BRADLAUGH: Your statement was that the Septuagint was accepted and recognised by all educated men; you made no exception whatever. You have curiously forgotten that I said that you classed together Clement of Rome, Clement of Alexandria, and Irenaeus, as "of those days"; and you said you gave the date of Tertullian. I did […]
Mr. BRADLAUGH: Mr. Roberts has been good enough to sketch to you what has happened on the previous two nights of this debate, but his sketch lacks one or two features which I will take the liberty of supplying. The question for discussion and the point that Mr. Roberts ought to try to prove is […]
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
The CHAIRMAN: We have only one hour left. Let us listen with the utmost quietness. Mr. Roberts now speaks for a quarter of an hour. Mr. ROBERTS: I am surprised that Mr. Bradlaugh should insist on an English translation when the original is presented to him illustrative of a point referred to. When he asked […]
Descent of Man [ 1871 ] Charles Darwin [ 1809 – 1882 ] Chapter X – Secondary Sexual Characters of Insects IN the immense class of insects the sexes sometimes differ in their locomotive-organs, and often in their sense-organs, as in the pectinated and beautifully plumose antennae of the males of many species. […]
The Origin Of Species (1872) Charles Darwin Chapter X: On the Imperfection of the Geological Record IN THE sixth chapter I enumerated the chief objections which might be justly urged against the views maintained in this volume. Most of them have now been discussed. One, namely the distinctness of specific forms, and their not […]
The Voyage Of The Beagle Charles Darwin The Internet Wiretap Online Edition of THE VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE BY CHARLES DARWIN From The Harvard Classics Volume 29 Copyright, 1909 P. F. Collier & Son, New York Prepared by John Hamm <email removed> from text scanned by Internet Wiretap About the online edition. The degree symbol […]
The Voyage of the Beagle (1839) Charles Darwin Chapter IV: Rio Negro to Bahia Blanca Rio Negro — Estancias attacked by the Indians — Salt-Lakes — Flamingoes — R. Negro to R. Colorado — Sacred Tree — Patagonian Hare — Indian Families — General Rosas — Proceed to Bahia Blanca — Sand Dunes […]
Is There a Life Beyond the Grave? A Reply to R.B. Westbrook, AM., D.D. (1894) by Charles Watts It has been aptly remarked that it does not necessarily follow, because an opponent has been replied to, that his arguments have been answered. The truth of this statement never appeared to me so evident as when […]
Is Theism A Logical Philosophy Debate between E. Haldeman-Julius and Rev. Burris Jenkins The following debate was held at The Linwood Forum of Kansas City, Mo. — in Dr. Jenkins’ Linwood Boulevard Christian Church — on Sunday evening, April 13, 1930. Rev. Burris A. Jenkins argued the affirmative and E. Haldeman-Julius argued the negative in […]
[Back To Chapter 5] A Biographical Appreciation of Robert Green Ingersoll by Herman E. Kittredge CHAPTER 6 FROM EIGHTEEN EIGHTY-SIX TO EIGHTEEN EIGHTY-EIGHT Ingersoll was now in his fifty-third year, when a large majority of geniuses have long since done the most and the best of their work. Astir almost at the dawn, arduously […]
What Church Statistics Show by J.H. Patterson Some interesting facts have been brought to light in the “Comparative Summary of the Church in the United States for the Last Five Years” published in the July 2 Christian Observer. In this treatise, at the Presbyterian Church in the United States, with a little more than 2,000,000 […]
Chapter XIII Complex Ideas of Simple Modes:- and First, of the Simple Modes of the Idea of Space 1. Simple modes of simple ideas. Though in the foregoing part I have often mentioned simple ideas, which are truly the materials of all our knowledge; yet having treated of them there, rather in the way that […]
Chapter XXVIII Of Other Relations 1. Ideas of proportional relations. Besides the before-mentioned occasions of time, place, and causality of comparing or referring things one to another, there are, as I have said, infinite others, some whereof I shall mention. First, The first I shall name is some one simple idea, which, being capable of […]
Chapter V Of the Names of Mixed Modes and Relations 1. Mixed modes stand for abstract ideas, as other general names. The names of mixed modes, being general, they stand, as has been shewed, for sorts or species of things, each of which has its peculiar essence. The essences of these species also, as has […]
Chapter II Of the Degrees of our Knowledge 1. Of the degrees, or differences in clearness, of our knowledge: 1. Intuitive. All our knowledge consisting, as I have said, in the view the mind has of its own ideas, which is the utmost light and greatest certainty we, with our faculties, and in our way […]
Six Historic Americans Abraham Lincoln by John E. Remsburg Introduction The Republic established by our Fathers, after enduring for three-quarters of a century, was menaced by destruction. Slavery, which had been planted in both sections of the Union, had proved unprofitable in the North and profitable in the South. The South sought to expand the […]
Order books by and about Joseph McCabe now. The Tyranny Of The Clerical Gestapo Catholics The Most Priest-Ridden Of All People by Joseph McCabe Edited by E. Haldeman-Julius The Black International No. 12 Contents Chapter I – Poisoning The Mind Of The Young Chapter II – The Priest Rules The Family Chapter III – The […]
SECTION I THE HISTORY OF THE ROMAN CHURCH CHAPTER II EUROPE DECAYS AND THE POPES THRIVE SIMULTANEOUSLY with this forging of credentials and lowering of character in the Roman Church there was a singular transformation of its originally simple offices. The Pagans were accustomed to highly coloured and picturesque ceremonies, and the new Church indulgently […]
Order books by and about Joseph McCabe now. The Story Of Religious Controversy Chapter II by Joseph McCabe The Origin of Religion Contents Was Religion Revealed? Modern Theories of Its Origin The Real Roots of Religion How Gods Were Made The Rise of Priesthoods The Psychology of Religion Was Religion Revealed? SIXTEEN centuries ago there […]
Order books by and about Joseph McCabe now. The Story Of Religious Controversy Chapter XVIII by Joseph McCabe The Degradation of Woman Contents The Claim of the Churches Women Before Christ The Greek and Roman Woman The Clergy and the Modern Struggle The Claim of the Churches I AM what is called a Feminist. Thirty […]
Order books by and about Joseph McCabe now. Why I Believe In Fair Taxation Of Church Property by Joseph McCabe LITTLE BLUE BOOK NO. 1502 Edited by E. Haldeman-Julius HALDEMAN-JULIUS PUBLICATIONS GIRARD, KANSAS Copyright, 1930, Haldeman-Julius Company A week or two ago I stood before the Cathedral of Notre Dame at Paris, enjoying one more […]
