Ingersollia
by Robert Green Ingersoll
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- Author
- Ingersoll, Robert Green, 1833-1899
- Title
- Ingersollia Gems of Thought from the Lectures, Speeches, and Conversations of Col. Robert G. Ingersoll, Representative of His Opinions and Beliefs
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- Produced by David Widger
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- English
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- November 22, 2011
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- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.INGERSOLLIA
- 2.By Robert G. Ingersoll — GEMS OF THOUGHT FROM THE LECTURES, SPEECHES, AND CONVERSATIONS OF COL ROBERT G. INGERSOLL, REPRESENTATIVE OF HIS OPINIONS AND BELIEFS — Edited By Elmo — INGERSOLLIA
- 3.INTRODUCTION
- 4.THE ROMANCE OF FARM LIFE
- 5.1. Ingersoll as a Farmer
- 6.2. The Happy Life of the Farm
- 7.3. The Ambitious Farmer's Boy
- 8.4. Never Be Afraid of Work!
- 9.5. Happiness the Object of Life
- 10.6. The Sunset of the Farmer's Life
- 11.7. Farmers, Protect Yourselves!
- 12.8. Roast the Beef, Not the Cook.
- 13.9. Cultivated Farmers.
- 14.10. The Wages of Slovenly Farming.
- 15.11. The Farmer's Happy Winter
- 16.12. The Almighty Dollar
- 17.13. The Farmer in Debt
- 18.14. Own Your Own Home
- 19.15. What to do with the Idlers
- 20.16. Farm-Life Lonely
- 21.17. The Best Farming States
- 22.18. The Laborers, the Kings and Queens
- 23.HOME AND CHILDREN
- 24.19. The Family the Only Heaven in this World
- 25.20. The Far-Seeing Eyes of Children.
- 26.21. Love and Freedom in a Cabin
- 27.22. The Turnpike Road of Happiness
- 28.23. Love Paying Ten Per Cent
- 29.24. A Word to the Cross-Grained
- 30.25. Oh! Daughters and Wives be Beautiful
- 31.26. A Wholesome Word to the Stingy
- 32.27. The Boss of the Family
- 33.28. Be Honor Bright!
- 34.29. The Opera at the Table
- 35.30. A Child's laugh sweeter than Apollo's lyre
- 36.31. Don't Wake the Children
- 37.32. How to Deal with Children
- 38.33. Give a Child a Chance
- 39.34. The Greatest Liars in Michigan
- 40.35. Forgive the Children!
- 41.36. A Solemn Satire on Whipping Children
- 42.37. The Whips and Gods are Gone!
- 43.INDIVIDUALITY
- 44.38. Absolute Independence of the Individual
- 45.39. Saved by Disobedience
- 46.40. Intellectual Tyranny
- 47.41. Say What You Think
- 48.42. I Want to Put Out the Fires of Hell
- 49.43. The Puritans
- 50.44. A Star in the Sky of Despair
- 51.45. Do not Shock the Heathen!
- 52.46. I will Settle with God Myself
- 53.47. I Claim my Right to Guess
- 54.48. The Brain a Castle
- 55.49. I am Something
- 56.50. Every Man a Bight to Think
- 57.51. Too Early to Write a Creed
- 58.52. Every Mind True to Itself
- 59.PROGRESS
- 60.53. The Torch of Progress.
- 61.54. Gold makes a Barren Landscape
- 62.55. A Grand Achievement
- 63.56. The Divorce of Church and State
- 64.57. Professors
- 65.58. Developement
- 66.59. Poet's Dream
- 67.60. The Temple of the Future
- 68.61. The final Goal
- 69.62. The Eighteenth Century
- 70.POLITICAL QUESTIONS
- 71.63. Liberty—Fraternity—Equality!
- 72.64. Liberty!
- 73.65. Ingersoll Not a Politician
- 74.66. Civilization
- 75.67. Cornell University
- 76.68. Church and School Divorced
- 77.69. Laws That Want Repealing
- 78.70. Government Secular
- 79.71. 1876! (1776?)
- 80.72. Candidates Made Hypocrites
- 81.73. The Church and the Throne
- 82.74. The Old Idea
- 83.75. Liberty for Politicians
- 84.76. Tax all Church Property
- 85.77. The Source of Power
- 86.78. The Best Blood of the Old Word come to the New
- 87.79. No State Church
- 88.80. The Enthusiasts of 1776
- 89.81. The Church Must Have no Sword
- 90.82. We are All of Us Kings! I want the power where some one can use
- 91.83. Honesty Tells!
- 92.84. Working for Others.
- 93.85. State Sovereignty
- 94.86. The King of America
- 95.87. Years Without Seeing a Dollar!
- 96.88. The Wail of Dead Nations
- 97.89. What the Republican Party Did
- 98.90. Doings of Democrats
- 99.91. Photograph of a Democrat.
- 100.92. I am a Republican, I Tell You!
- 101.93. Recollect!
- 102.94. Give Every Man a Chance
- 103.95. Who Shall Rule the Country?
- 104.96. The Declaration of Independence
- 105.97. The World Grows Brighter.
- 106.98. The Column of July
- 107.99. A Nation of Rascals
- 108.100. We are a Great People
- 109.101. Mule Equality
- 110.102. Room for Every Wing.
- 111.103. The Republican Platform.
- 112.104. Our Government the best on Earth
- 113.105. Will the Second Century of America be as good as the First?
- 114.SCIENCE
- 115.106. The Glory of Science.
- 116.107. The Tables Turned
- 117.108. Science Better than a Creed
- 118.109. The Religion of Science
- 119.110. Science not Sectarian
- 120.111. The Epitaph of all Religions
- 121.112. The Real Priest
- 122.113. Science is Power
- 123.114. Science Supreme
- 124.115. Science Opening the Gates of Thought
- 125.116. Stars and Grains of Sand
- 126.117. The Trinity of Science
- 127.118. The Old and the New Old ideas perished in the retort of the
- 128.119. The Triumphs of Science
- 129.120. What Science Found!
- 130.121. Science the only Lever
- 131.SLAVERY
- 132.122. The Colonel Short of Words!!!
- 133.123. Slavery in the Name of Religion
- 134.124. The Patrons of Slavery
- 135.125. A Colored Man in Congress
- 136.126. The Zig-zag Strip
- 137.127. Black People have Suffered Enough
- 138.128. The History of Civilization
- 139.129. Does God Uphold Slavery?
- 140.130. Solemn Defiance
- 141.THE WAR
- 142.131. The Soldiers of the Republic
- 143.132. Honor to the Brave!
- 144.133. What Were We Fighting For?
- 145.134. The Revolution Consummated
- 146.135. Fighting Done!—Work Begun!
- 147.136. Manhood worth more than Gold
- 148.137. Grander than Greek or Roman.
- 149.138. Let us Drink to the Living and the Dead
- 150.139. Will the Wounds of the War be Healed?
- 151.140. Saviours of the Nation
- 152.141. General Grant
- 153.MONEY THAT IS MONEY
- 154.142. Paper is not Money
- 155.143. The Debt will be paid
- 156.144. 1873 to 1879!
- 157.145. A Voter because a Man
- 158.146. Keep the Flag in Heaven!
- 159.147. Prosperity and Resumption hand in hand
- 160.148. Every Poor Man should Stand by the Government
- 161.149. We Will Settle Pair!
- 162.150. A Government with a Long Arm
- 163.151. No Repudiation
- 164.152. The Great Crash!
- 165.153. Promises Don't Pay
- 166.154. Solid and Bright!
- 167.155. The South and the Tariff
- 168.156. I am for Protection
- 169.157. The Old Woman of Tewksbury
- 170.158. American Muscle, Coined into Gold
- 171.159. Inflation
- 172.160. Resources of Illinois.
- 173.161. Money!
- 174.162. Money by Work
- 175.163. Meat Twice a Year
- 176.164. America a Glorious Land
- 177.165. How to Spend a Dollar
- 178.166. Honesty is Best always and Everywhere
- 179.167. A Fountain of Greenbacks
- 180.168. What the Greenback says!
- 181.169. Honest Methods
- 182.170. Silver demonetized by Fraud!
- 183.RELIGIOUS QUESTIONS
- 184.171. The Crime of Crimes!
- 185.172. Faith—A Mixture of Insanity and Ignorance
- 186.173. What the Saints Could Cure!
- 187.174. The Sleep of Persecutors
- 188.175. Crime Rampant and God Silent!
- 189.176. How Criminals Die Serenely!
- 190.177. The first Corpse and the first Cathedral
- 191.178. The Sixteenth Century
- 192.179. An Orthodox Gentleman
- 193.180. A Bold Assertion
- 194.181. History a Bloody Farce!
- 195.182. Weak ones Suffering—Heaven deaf
- 196.183. Heaven has no Ear, no Hand
- 197.184. Religion is Tyrannical
- 198.185. Religion and Facts
- 199.186. Religion not the End of Life
- 200.187. Creeds
- 201.188. The Worst Religion in the World
- 202.189. Religion Demanding Miracles
- 203.190. We Want One Fact
- 204.191. The Design Argument
- 205.192. Down, Forever Down
- 206.193. The Back
- 207.194. An Awful Admission
- 208.CHURCHES AND PRIESTS
- 209.195. The Church Forbids Investigation
- 210.196. The Church Charges Falsely
- 211.197. The Church in the "Dark Ages"
- 212.198. The Few Say, "Think!"
- 213.199. The Church and the Tree of Knowledge
- 214.200. The Church Cries, "Believe!"
- 215.201. The Heretics Cried, "Halt!"
- 216.202. The World not so Awful Flat
- 217.203. From Whence Come Wars?
- 218.204. Another Day of Divine Work
- 219.205. The Donkey and the Lion
- 220.206. The Orthodox Christian
- 221.207. Alms-Dish and Sword
- 222.208. The Church the Great Robber
- 223.209. The Church Impotent
- 224.210. Toleration
- 225.211. Shakespeare's Plays v. Sermons
- 226.212. Why Should the Church be Merciful?
- 227.213. The Church and the Infidel.
- 228.214. Back to Chaos
- 229.215. Infinite Impudence of the Church
- 230.216. Wanted!—A New Method
- 231.217. The Kirk of Scotland
- 232.218. The Church Looks Back
- 233.219. Diogenes
- 234.220. The Church and War
- 235.221. The Call to Preach
- 236.222. Burning Servetus
- 237.223. Freedom for the Clergy
- 238.224. The Pulpit Weakening
- 239.225. Origin of the Priesthood
- 240.226. The Clergy on Heaven
- 241.227. The Parson, the Crane and the Fish
- 242.228. Banish Me from Eden—But!
- 243.229. The Pulpit's Cry of Fear
- 244.230. Restive Clergymen
- 245.231. The Parson Factory at Andover
- 246.232. A Charge to Presbyteries
- 247.THE BIBLE
- 248.233. Nature the True Bible
- 249.234. Inspiration
- 250.335. The 109th Psalm!
- 251.236. I Don't Believe the Bible
- 252.237. The Bible the Real Persecutor
- 253.238. Immoralities of the Bible
- 254.239. The Bible Stands in the Way
- 255.240. The Bible False
- 256.241. The Man I Love
- 257.242. Whale, Jonah and All
- 258.243. Damned for Laughing at Samson
- 259.244. The Man, Not the Book, Inspired
- 260.245. The Bible a Chain
- 261.246. Absurd and Foolish Fables
- 262.247. The Bible the Work of Man
- 263.248. Something to Admire, not Laugh at
- 264.249. An Intellectual Deformity
- 265.250. The Bible a Poor Product
- 266.251. The Bible the Battle Ground of Sects
- 267.252. The Bible Childish
- 268.253. Where Moses got the Pentateuch
- 269.254. God's Letter to His Children
- 270.255. Examination a Crime
- 271.256. Read the Bible—and Then!
- 272.257. An Infallible Book Makes Slaves
- 273.258. Can a Sane Man Believe in Inspiration?
- 274.259. An Inspiration Test
- 275.260. The Real Bible
- 276.261. The Bad Passages in the Bible not Inspired
- 277.262. Too much Pictorial
- 278.263. One Plow worth a Million Sermons
- 279.INFIDELS
- 280.264. The Infidels of 1776
- 281.265. The Legitimate Influence of Religion
- 282.266. Infidels the Flowers of the World
- 283.267. The Noblest Sons of, Earth
- 284.268. How Ingersoll became an Infidel
- 285.269. Why Should Infidels Die in Fear?
- 286.270. Infidelity is Liberty
- 287.271. The World in Debt to Infidels
- 288.272. Infidels the Pioneers of Progress
- 289.273. Infidels the Great Discoverers
- 290.274. The Altar of Reason
- 291.GODS AND DEVILS
- 292.275. Every Nation has Created a God
- 293.276. Gods with Back-Hair
- 294.277. Creation the Decomposition of the Infinite
- 295.278. The Gods Are as the People Are
- 296.279. Gods Shouldn't Make Mistakes
- 297.280. Miracles
- 298.281. Plenty of Gods on Hand
- 299.282. The Devil Difficulty
- 300.283. Was the Devil an Idiot?
- 301.284. Industrious Deities
- 302.285. God in Idleness
- 303.286. Fancy a Devil Drowning a World
- 304.287. Some Gods Very Particular About Little Things
- 305.288 The Gods of To-day the Scorn of To-morrow
- 306.289. No Evidence of a God in Nature
- 307.290. Great Variety in Gods
- 308.291. God Grows Smaller
- 309.292. Give the Devil His Due
- 310.293. Casting out Devils
- 311.294. On the Horns of a Dilemma
- 312.295. The Devil and the Swine
- 313.296. How can I assist God?
- 314.297. Can God be Improved?
- 315.298. That Dreadful Apple!
- 316.299. The Devils better than the Gods
- 317.300. Is it Possible?
- 318.301. It is Impossible!
- 319.HEAVEN AND HELL
- 320.302. Hope of a Future Life
- 321.303. I am Immortal
- 322.304. What if Death Does End All?
- 323.305. The Old World Ignorant of Destiny
- 324.306. Where the Doctrine of Hell was born
- 325.307. The Grand Companionships of Hell
- 326.308. Horror of Horrors!
- 327.309. The Drama of Damnation
- 328.310. Annihilation rather than be a God
- 329.311. "All that have Red Hair shall be Damned."
- 330.312. The Conscience of a Hyena
- 331.313. I Leave the Dead
- 332.314. Calvin in Hell!
- 333.GOVERNING GREAT MEN
- 334.315. Jesus Christ
- 335.316. The Emperor Constantine.
- 336.317. Did Franklin and Jefferson Die in Fear?
- 337.318. Angels at Constantino's Dying Bed!
- 338.319. Diderot
- 339.320. Benedict Spinoza
- 340.321. Thomas Paine
- 341.322. The Greatest of all Political Writers
- 342.323. The Writings of Paine
- 343.324. The Last Words of Paine.
- 344.325. Paine Believed in God
- 345.326. The Intellectual Hera
- 346.327. Paine, Franklin, Jefferson
- 347.328. David Hume
- 348.329. Voltaire
- 349.330. John Calvin
- 350.331. Calvin's Five Fetters
- 351.332. Humboldt
- 352.333. Humbolt's Travels
- 353.334. Humboldt's Illustrious Companions
- 354.335. Humboldt the Apostle of Science
- 355.336. Ingersoll Muses by Napoleon's Tomb
- 356.337. Eulogy on J. G. Blaine
- 357.338. A Model Leader
- 358.339. Abraham Lincoln
- 359.340. Swedenborg
- 360.341. Jeremy Bentham
- 361.342. Charles Fourier
- 362.343. Auguste Comte
- 363.344. Herbert Spencer
- 364.345. Robert Collyer
- 365.346. John Milton
- 366.347. Ernst Haeckel
- 367.348. Professor Swing, a Dove amongst Vultures
- 368.349. Queen Victoria and George Eliot
- 369.350. Bough on Rabbi Bien
- 370.351. General Garfield
- 371.352. "Wealthy in Integrity; In Brain a Millionaire."
- 372.353. Garfield a Certificate of the Splendor of the American Constitution
- 373.354. Dr. W. Hiram Thomas
- 374.MISCELLANEOUS
- 375.355. Heresy and Orthodoxy
- 376.356. The Aristocracy that will Survive.
- 377.357. Truth will Bear the Test
- 378.358. Paring Nails
- 379.359. There may be a God
- 380.360. The People are Beginning to Think
- 381.361. Unchained Thought
- 382.362. Man the Victor of the Future
- 383.363. The Sacred Sabbath
- 384.364. Make the Sabbath Merry
- 385.365. Away to the Hills and the Sea
- 386.366. Melancholy Sundays
- 387.367. Moses took Egyptian Law for his Model
- 388.368. A False Standard of Success
- 389.369. Toilers and Idlers
- 390.370. The Sad Wilderness History
- 391.371. Law Much Older than Sinai
- 392.372. Who is the Blasphemer?
- 393.373. Standing Tip for God
- 394.374. Matter and Force
- 395.375. Haeckel before Moses!
- 396.376. How was it Done?
- 397.377. General Joshua
- 398.378. Early Rising is Barbaric!
- 399.379. Sleep is Medicine!
- 400.380. Never Rise at Four O'Clock
- 401.381. The Hermit is Mad
- 402.382. Duke Orang-Outang
- 403.383. Self-Made Men
- 404.384. The One Window in the Ark
- 405.385. No Ante-Diluvian Camp-Meetings!
- 406.386. Hard Work in the Ark
- 407.387. What did Moses know about the Sun?
- 408.388. Something for Nothing
- 409.389. Polygamy
- 410.390. The Colonel in the Kitchen—How to Cook a Beefsteak
- 411.391. Fresh Air
- 412.392. Cooking a Fine Art
- 413.393. Scathing Impeachment of Intemperance
- 414.394. Liberty Defined
- 415.395. Free, Honest Thought
- 416.396. Ingersoll Prefers Shoemakers to Princes
- 417.397. Sham Dignity
- 418.398. A Good Time Coming!
- 419.399. Who is the True Nobleman?
- 420.400. Wanted!—More Manliness
- 421.401. Education of Nature
- 422.402. The Worker Wearing the Purple
- 423.403. Flowers
- 424.404. Be Happy—Here and Now!
- 425.405. The School House a Fort — Education is the most radical thing in the world.
- 426.406. We are Getting Free
- 427.407. The Solid Rock
- 428.INGERSOLL'S FIVE GOSPELS
- 429.408. The Gospel of Cheerfulness
- 430.409. The Gospel of Liberty
- 431.410. The Gospel of 'Good Living
- 432.411. The Gospel of Intelligence
- 433.412. The Gospel of Justice
- 434.GEMS FROM THE CONTROVERSIAL GASKET
- 435.413. The Origin of the Controversy
- 436.414. What is Christianity?
- 437.415. Summary of Evangelical Belief
- 438.416. A Profound Change in the World of Thought
- 439.417. The Believer in the Inspiration of the Bible has too Much to Believe
- 440.418. A Frank Admission
- 441.419. The Bible Should be Better than any other Book
- 442.420. A Serious Charge
- 443.421. If the Bible is Not Verbally Inspired, What Then?
- 444.422. A Hindu Example
- 445.423. A Test Fairly Applied
- 446.424. Suppose!
- 447.425. Proofs of Civilization
- 448.426. A Persian Gospel
- 449.427. Man the Author of all Books
- 450.428. God and Brahma
- 451.429. Matthew, Mark, and Luke
- 452.430. Christianity Takes no Step in Advance
- 453.431. Christianity a Mixture of Good and Evil
- 454.432. Jehovah, Epictetus and Cicero
- 455.433. The Atonement
- 456.434. Sin as a Debt
- 457.435. The Logic of the Coffin
- 458.436. Judas Iscariot
- 459.437. The Standard of Right
- 460.438. What is Conscience?
- 461.439. No Right to Think!
- 462.440. The Liberty of the Bible
- 463.441. Slavery in Heaven
- 464.442. Jehovah Breaking His Own Laws
- 465.443. Who Designed the Designer?
- 466.444. What we Know of the Infinite
- 467.445. The Universe Self-Existent
- 468.446. Jehovah's Promise Broken
- 469.447. Character Bather than Creed
- 470.448. Mohammed the Prophet of God
- 471.449. Wanted!—A Little More Legislation
- 472.450. Is all that Succeeds Inspired?
- 473.451. The Morality in Christianity
- 474.452. Miracle Mongers
- 475.453. The Honor Due to Christ
- 476.454. Christianity has no Monopoly in Morals
- 477.455. Old Age in Superstition's Lap
- 478.456. Ararat in Chicago
- 479.457. How Gods and Devils are Made
- 480.458. The Romance of Figures
- 481.459. God and Zeno
- 482.460. Why was Christ so Silent?
- 483.461. The Philosophy of Action
- 484.462. Infinite Punishment for Finite Crimes.
- 485.463. Whence Came the Gospels?
- 486.464. Mr. Black's Admission
- 487.465. The Stars Upon the Door of France
- 488.A KIND WORD FOR JOHN CHINAMAN
- 489.466. The Select Committee Afraid
- 490.467. The Gods of the Joss-House and Patmos
- 491.468. A Little Too Late
- 492.469. Christianity has a Fair Show in San Francisco
- 493.470. An Arrow from the Quiver of Satire
- 494.471. We Have no Religious System
- 495.472. Congress Nothing to Do with Religion
- 496.473. Concessions of the Illustrious Four!
- 497.474. Do not Trample on John Chinaman
- 498.475. Be Honest with the Chinese
- 499.476. An Honest Merchant the Best Missionary
- 500.477. Good Words from Confucius
- 501.478. The Ancient Chinese
- 502.479. The Chinese and Civil Service Reform
- 503.480. Invading China in the Name of Opium and Christ
- 504.481. Don't be Dishonest in the Name of God
- 505.CONCERNING CREEDS AND THE TYRANNY OF SECTS
- 506.482. Diversity of Opinion Abolished by Henry VIII
- 507.483. Spencer and Darwin Damned
- 508.484. The Dead do Not Persecute
- 509.485. The Atheist a Legal Outcast in Illinois
- 510.486. How the Owls Hoot
- 511.487. The Fate of Theological Students
- 512.488. Trials for Heresy
- 513.489. Presbyterianism Softening
- 514.490. The Methodist "Hoist with his own Petard."
- 515.491. The Precious Doctrine of Total Depravity
- 516.492. Guilty of Heresy
- 517.493. Dishonest Teachers.
- 518.494. Self-Reliance a Deadly Sin!
- 519.495. A Hundred and Fifty Years Ago
- 520.496. The Despotism of Faith
- 521.497. Believe, or Beware
- 522.498. Calvin's Petrified Heart
- 523.499. Logic Unconfined.
- 524.500. Politeness at Athens!
- 525.501. The Tail of a Lion
- 526.502. While the Preachers Talked the People Slept
- 527.503. Christianity no Friend to Progress
- 528.504. Where is the New Eden?
- 529.505. The Real Eden is Beyond
- 530.506. Party Names Belittle Men
- 531.A FEW PLAIN QUESTIONS
- 532.507. Where Did the Serpent Come From?
- 533.508. Must We Believe Fables to be Good and True? Must we, in order to be
- 534.509. Why Did Not God Kill the Serpent?
- 535.510. Questions About the Ark
- 536.511. Was Language Confounded at Babel.
- 537.512. Would God Kill a Man for Making Ointment?
- 538.513. How Did Water run up Hill?
- 539.514. Would a Real God Uphold Slavery?
- 540.515. Will There Be an Eternal Auto da Fe?
- 541.516. Why Hate an Atheist?
- 542.ORIENT PEARLS AS RANDOM STRUNG — I do not believe that Christians are as bad as their creeds.
- 543.INGERSOLL'S ORATION AT HIS BROTHER'S GRAVE
- 544.INGERSOLL'S DREAM OF THE WAR
- 545.EPIGRAMS. — It is not necessary to be a pig in order to raise one.
- 546.DEFINITIONS.
- 547.BELIEFS.
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