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Why I Am Agnostic Robert Green Ingersoll 26 page printout.. Humboldt had published his lectures -- filled with great thoughts -- with splendid generalizations -- with suggestions that stimulated the spirit of investigation, and with conclusions that satisfied the mind. He demonstrated the uniformity of Nature -- the kinship of all that lives.

Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899), known in the last quarter of the 19th century as the Great Agnostic, once possessed real fame as one of the two most important champions of reason and secular government in American history—the other being Thomas Paine.

II. At His Brother's Grave by Robert Green Ingersoll. America: III. (1861-1905). Vol. X. Bryan, William Jennings, ed. 1906. The World's Famous Orations.

Robert Ingersoll is an Icon on the level of Thomas Paine or Voltaire. His essays are logically unimpeachable and concisely describe the stupidity and hypocrisy Christianity inflicts on a nation that was founded on secular values.

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Lectures of Col. R.G. Ingersoll, Volume 1 Robert G. INGERSOLL (1833 - 1899) Colonel Robert Green Ingersoll was a Civil War veteran, American political leader and orator during the Golden Age of Freethought, noted for his defense of atheism.

Ingersoll’s principal lectures and speeches, published as Some Mistakes of Moses (1879) and Why I Am Agnostic (1896), are found in The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, 12 vol. (1902), edited by Clinton P. Farrell. This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen, Corrections Manager.

Lectures and essays: a selection. (Robert Green Ingersoll) Home. WorldCat Home About WorldCat Help. Search. Search for Library Items Search for Lists Search for Contacts Search for a Library. Create. Ingersoll, Robert Green, 1833-1899. Lectures and essays. London: Watts, 1956 (OCoLC)3334650: Material Type: Document, Internet resource.

In Philadelphia, I inadvertently came upon an edition of Robert Ingersoll's Essays and Lectures. This was an exciting discovery; his atheism confirmed my own belief that the horrific cruelty of the Old Testament was degrading to the human spirit.

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Lectures and essays (a selection) By 1833-1899. Robert Green Ingersoll. Abstract. Some mistakes of Moses.--Shakespeare.--Why am I an agnostic?--Orthodoxy.--Superstition.--Advice to parents.--George Jacob Kolyoake.Mode of access: Internet Topics: Free thought.

Robert Ingersoll was born in Dresden, New York. His mother died when he was only three years old. His father was a Congregationalist minister, adhering to a Calvinist theology, and also an ardent abolitionist. After the death of Robert’s mother, he moved around New England and the Midwest, where he held ministerial positions with many congregations, moving frequently.