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SHAKESPEARE ROBERT BURNS.*ABRAHAM LINCOLN VOLTAIRE.LIBERTY IN LITERATURE.THE GREAT INFIDELS.*THE GREAT INFIDELS.* (continued 2)CONCLUSION.WHICH WAY?ABOUT THE HOLY BIBLE.THE WORKS OF ROBERT G. INGERSOLL

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WHY I AM AN AGNOSTIC.THE TRUTH.CONCLUSION.HOW TO REFORM MANKIND.A THANKSGIVING SERMON.A LAY SERMON.THE FOUNDATIONS OF FAITH.SUPERSTITION.THE DEVIL.PROGRESS.CONCLUSION WHAT IS RELIGION?THE WORKS OF ROBERT G. INGERSOLL

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DISCUSSIONS

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THE WORKS OF ROBERT G. INGERSOLL

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1900

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THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION; INGERSOLL'S OPENING PAPER THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION, BY JEREMIAH S. BLACK.THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION, BY ROBERT G. INGERSOLL.THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION, BY ROBERT G. INGERSOLL. (continued 2)FAITH OR AGNOSTICISM.THE FIELD-INGERSOLL DISCUSSION.A REPLY TO THE REV. HENRY M. FIELD, D.D.A LAST WORD TO ROBERT G. INGERSOLL LETTER TO DR. FIELD.CONTROVERSY ON CHRISTIANTY COL. INGERSOLL TO MR. GLADSTONE.COL. INGERSOLL TO MR. GLADSTONE. (continued 2)ROME OR REASON.THE CHURCH ITS OWN WITNESS, By Cardinal Manning.ROME OR REASON: A REPLY TO CARDINAL MANNING.ROME OR REASON: A REPLY TO CARDINAL MANNING. (continued 2)IS DIVORCE WRONG?Introduction by the Rev. S. W. Dike, LL.D.DIVORCE.DIVORCE. (continued 2)IS CORPORAL PUNISHMENT DEGRADING?THE WORKS OF ROBERT G. INGERSOLL

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MY REVIEWERS REVIEWED.MY REVIEWERS REVIEWED. (continued 2)MY CHICAGO BIBLE CLASS.TO THE INDIANAPOLIS CLERGY.THE BROOKLYN DIVINES.THE LIMITATIONS OF TOLERATION.A CHRISTMAS SERMON.A CHRISTMAS SERMON. (continued 2)SUICIDE OF JUDGE NORMILE.IS SUICIDE A SIN?IS AVARICE TRIUMPHANT?A REPLY TO THE CINCINNATI GAZETTE AND CATHOLIC TELEGRAPH.AN INTERVIEW ON CHIEF JUSTICE COMEGYS.A REPLY TO REV. DRS. THOMAS AND LORIMER.A REPLY TO REV. JOHN HALL AND WARNER VAN NORDEN.A REPLY TO THE REV. DR. PLUMB.A REPLY TO THE NEW YORK CLERGY ON SUPERSTITION.THE WORKS OF ROBERT G. INGERSOLL

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THE BIBLE AND A FUTURE LIFE MRS. VAN COTT, THE REVIVALIST EUROPEAN TRIP AND GREENBACK QUESTION THE PRE-MILLENNIAL CONFERENCE.THE SOLID SOUTH AND RESUMPTION.THE SUNDAY LAWS OF PITTSBURG.*POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS.POLITICS AND GEN. GRANT POLITICS, RELIGION AND THOMAS PAINE.REPLY TO CHICAGO CRITICS.THE REPUBLICAN VICTORY.INGERSOLL AND BEECHER.*POLITICAL.RELIGION IN POLITICS.MIRACLES AND IMMORTALITY.THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK.MR. BEECHER, MOSES AND THE NEGRO.HADES, DELAWARE AND FREETHOUGHT.A REPLY TO THE REV. MR. LANSING.*BEACONSFIELD, LENT AND REVIVALS.ANSWERING THE NEW YORK MINISTERS.*GUITEAU AND HIS CRIME.*DISTRICT SUFFRAGE.FUNERAL OF JOHN G. MILLS AND IMMORTALITY.*STAR ROUTE AND POLITICS.*THE INTERVIEWER.POLITICS AND PROHIBITION.THE REPUBLICAN DEFEAT IN OHIO.THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL.JUSTICE HARLAN AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL.POLITICS AND THEOLOGY.MORALITY AND IMMORTALITY.POLITICS, MORMONISM AND MR. BEECHER FREE TRADE AND CHRISTIANITY.THE OATH QUESTION.WENDELL PHILLIPS, FITZ JOHN PORTER AND BISMARCK.GENERAL SUBJECTS.REPLY TO KANSAS CITY CLERGY.SWEARING AND AFFIRMING.REPLY TO A BUFFALO CRITIC.BLASPHEMY.*POLITICS AND BRITISH COLUMBIA.INGERSOLL CATECHISED.BLAINE'S DEFEAT.BLAINE'S DEFEAT.PLAGIARISM AND POLITICS.RELIGIOUS PREJUDICE.CLEVELAND AND HIS CABINET.RELIGION, PROHIBITION, AND GEN. GRANT.HELL OR SHEOL AND OTHER SUBJECTS.INTERVIEWING, POLITICS AND SPIRITUALISM.MY BELIEF.SOME LIVE TOPICS.THE PRESIDENT AND SENATE.ATHEISM AND CITIZENSHIP.THE LABOR QUESTION.RAILROADS AND POLITICS.PROHIBITION.HENRY GEORGE AND LABOR.LABOR QUESTION AND SOCIALISM.HENRY GEORGE AND SOCIALISM.REPLY TO THE REV. B. F. MORSE.*INGERSOLL ON McGLYNN.TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO ANARCHISTS.THE STAGE AND THE PULPIT.ROSCOE CONKLING.THE CHURCH AND THE STAGE.PROTECTION AND FREE TRADE.LABOR, AND TARIFF REFORM.CLEVELAND AND THURMAN.THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM OF 1888.JAMES G. BLAINE AND POLITICS.THE MILLS BILL.SOCIETY AND ITS CRIMINALS*WOMAN'S RIGHT TO DIVORCE.SECULARISM.SUMMER RECREATION—MR. GLADSTONE.PROHIBITION.ROBERT ELSMERE.WORKING GIRLS.PROTECTION FOR AMERICAN ACTORS.LIBERALS AND LIBERALISM.POPE LEO XIII.THE SACREDNESS OF THE SABBATH.THE WEST AND SOUTH.THE WESTMINSTER CREED AND OTHER SUBJECTS.SHAKESPEARE AND BACON.GROWING OLD GRACEFULLY, AND PRESBYTERIANISM.CREEDS.THE TENDENCY OF MODERN THOUGHT.WOMAN SUFFRAGE, HORSE RACING, AND MONEY.MISSIONARIES.MY BELIEF AND UNBELIEF.*MUST RELIGION GO?WORD PAINTING AND COLLEGE EDUCATION.PERSONAL MAGNETISM AND THE SUNDAY QUESTION.AUTHORS.INEBRIETY.*MIRACLES, THEOSOPHY AND SPIRITUALISM.TOLSTOY AND LITERATURE.WOMAN IN POLITICS.SPIRITUALISM.PLAYS AND PLAYERS.WOMAN.STRIKES, EXPANSION AND OTHER SUBJECTS.SUNDAY A DAY OF PLEASURE.THE PARLIAMENT OF RELIGIONS.CLEVELAND'S HAWAIIAN POLICY.ORATORS AND ORATORY.*CATHOLICISM AND PROTESTANTISM. THE POPE, THE A. P. A., AGNOSTICISM WOMAN AND HER DOMAIN.PROFESSOR SWING.SENATOR SHERMAN AND HIS BOOK.*REPLY TO THE CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORERS.SPIRITUALISM.A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING.IS LIFE WORTH LIVING—CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AND POLITICS.VIVISECTION.DIVORCE.MUSIC, NEWSPAPERS, LYNCHING AND ARBITRATION.A VISIT TO SHAW'S GARDEN.THE VENEZUELAN BOUNDARY DISCUSSION AND THE WHIPPING-POST.COLONEL SHEPARD'S STAGE HORSES.*A REPLY TO THE REV. L. A. BANKS.CUBA—ZOLA AND THEOSOPHY.HOW TO BECOME AN ORATOR.JOHN RUSSELL YOUNG AND EXPANSION.PSYCHICAL RESEARCH AND THE BIBLE.*THIS CENTURY'S GLORIES.CAPITAL PUNISHMENT AND THE WHIPPING-POST.EXPANSION AND TRUSTS.*THE WORKS OF ROBERT G. INGERSOLL

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POLITICAL AN ADDRESS TO THE COLORED PEOPLE.SPEECH AT INDIANAPOLIS.CENTENNIAL ORATION.BANGOR SPEECH.COOPER UNION SPEECH, NEW YORK.INDIANAPOLIS SPEECH.CHICAGO SPEECH.EIGHT TO SEVEN ADDRESS.HARD TIMES AND THE WAY OUT.SUFFRAGE ADDRESS.WALL STREET SPEECH.BROOKLYN SPEECH.ADDRESS TO THE 86TH ILLINOIS REGIMENT.DECORATION DAY ORATION.DECORATION DAY ADDRESS.RATIFICATION SPEECH.REUNION ADDRESS.THE CHICAGO AND NEW YORK GOLD SPEECH.THE WORKS OF ROBERT G. INGERSOLL

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LEGAL

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MISCELLANY

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ADDRESS ON THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT.ADDRESS ON THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT. (continued 2)TRIAL OF C. B. REYNOLDS FOR BLASPHEMY.TRIAL OF C. B. REYNOLDS FOR BLASPHEMY. (continued 2)GOD IN THE CONSTITUTION.A REPLY TO BISHOP SPALDING.CRIMES AGAINST CRIMINALS.A WOODEN GOD.SOME INTERROGATION POINTS.ART AND MORALITY.THE DIVIDED HOUSEHOLD OF FAITH.WHY AM I AN AGNOSTIC?HUXLEY AND AGNOSTICISM.ERNEST RENAN.TOLSTOÏ AND "THE KREUTZER SONATA."THOMAS PAINE.THE THREE PHILANTHROPISTS.SHOULD THE CHINESE BE EXCLUDED?A WORD ABOUT EDUCATION.WHAT I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS.FOOL FRIENDS.INSPIRATION THE TRUTH OF HISTORY.HOW TO EDIT A LIBERAL PAPER.SECULARISM.CRITICISM OF "ROBERT ELSMERE," "JOHN WARD, PREACHER," AND "AN AFRICAN FARM."THE LIBEL LAWS REV. DR. NEWTON'S SERMON ON A NEW RELIGION.AN ESSAY ON CHRISTMAS.HAS FREETHOUGHT A CONSTRUCTIVE SIDE?THE IMPROVED MAN.EIGHT HOURS MUST COME.THE JEWS.CRUMBLING CREEDS.OUR SCHOOLS.VIVISECTION.THE CENSUS ENUMERATOR'S OFFICIAL CATECHISM.THE AGNOSTIC CHRISTMAS SPIRITUALITY.SUMTER'S GUN.WHAT INFIDELS HAVE DONE.CRUELTY IN THE ELMIRA REFORMATORY.LAW'S DELAY.THE BIGOTRY OF COLLEGES.A YOUNG MAN'S CHANCES TO-DAY.SCIENCE AND SENTIMENT.SOWING AND REAPING.SHOULD INFIDELS SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO SUNDAY SCHOOL?WHAT WOULD YOU SUBSTITUTE FOR THE BIBLE AS A MORAL GUIDE?GOVERNOR ROLLINS' FAST-DAY PROCLAMATION.A LOOK BACKWARD AND A PROPHECY.POLITICAL MORALITY.A FEW REASONS FOR DOUBTING THE INSPIRATION OF THE BIBLE.THE WORKS OF ROBERT G. INGERSOLL

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MISCELLANY PROF. VAN BUREN DENSLOW'S "MODERN THINKERS."PREFACE TO DR. EDGAR C. BEALL'S "THE BRAIN AND THE BIBLE."PREFACE TO "MEN, WOMEN AND GODS."PREFACE TO "FOR HER DAILY BREAD."PREFACE TO "AGNOSTICISM AND OTHER ESSAYS."PREFACE TO "FAITH OR FACT."THE GRANT BANQUET.THIRTEEN CLUB DINNER.ROBSON AND CRANE DINNER.THE POLICE CAPTAINS' DINNER.GENERAL GRANT'S BIRTHDAY DINNER LOTOS CLUB DINNER, TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY.MANHATTAN ATHLETIC CLUB DINNER.THE LIEDERKRANZ CLUB, SEIDL-STANTON BANQUET.THE FRANK B. CARPENTER DINNER.UNITARIAN CLUB DINNER.WESTERN SOCIETY OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC BANQUET.LOTOS CLUB DINNER IN HONOR OF ANTON SEIDL.LOTOS CLUB DINNER IN HONOR OF REAR ADMIRAL SCHLEY.ADDRESS TO THE ACTORS' FUND OF AMERICA.THE CHILDREN OF THE STAGE.ADDRESS TO THE PRESS CLUB.THE CIRCULATION OF OBSCENE LITERATURE.CONVENTION OF THE NATIONAL LIBERAL LEAGUE.CONVENTION OF THE AMERICAN SECULAR UNION.THE RELIGIOUS BELIEF OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.ORGANIZED CHARITIES.SPAIN AND THE SPANIARDS.OUR NEW POSSESSIONS.A FEW FRAGMENTS ON EXPANSION.IS IT EVER RIGHT FOR HUSBAND OR WIFE TO KILL RIVAL?PROFESSOR BRIGGS.FRAGMENTS.EFFECT OF THE WORLD'S FAIR ON THE HUMAN RACE.SABBATH SUPERSTITION.A TRIBUTE TO GEORGE JACOB HOLYOAKE.AT THE GRAVE OF BENJAMIN W. PARKER.A TRIBUTE TO EBON C. INGERSOLL A TRIBUTE TO THE REV. ALEXANDER CLARK.AT A CHILD'S GRAVE.A TRIBUTE TO JOHN G. MILLS.A TRIBUTE TO ELIZUR WRIGHT.A TRIBUTE TO MRS. IDA WHITING KNOWLES.A TRIBUTE TO HENRY WARD BEECHER.A TRIBUTE TO ROSCOE CONKLING.A TRIBUTE TO RICHARD H. WHITING.A TRIBUTE TO COURTLANDT PALMER.A TRIBUTE TO MRS. MARY H. FISKE.A TRIBUTE TO HORACE SEAVER.A TRIBUTE TO LAWRENCE BARRETT.A TRIBUTE TO WALT WHITMAN.A TRIBUTE TO PHILO D. BECKWITH.A TRIBUTE TO ANTON SEIDL.A TRIBUTE TO DR. THOMAS SETON ROBERTSON.A TRIBUTE TO THOMAS CORWIN.A TRIBUTE TO ISAAC H. BAILEY.JESUS CHRIST.LIFE.

By Robert G. Ingersoll

Edited and Compiled by David Widger

"The Destroyer Of Weeds, Thistles And Thorns Is A Benefactor, Whether He Soweth Grain Or Not."

1900

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