Ingersoll; a Biographical Appreciation
Ingersoll; a Biographical Appreciation

Author: Herman Eugene Kittredge

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2023-07-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781020327964

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This book is a engaging biography of Robert G. Ingersoll, a prominent American orator and agnostic. Kittredge's insightful analysis and captivating writing style make this book a must-read for anyone interested in Ingersoll's life, his ideas, and the cultural and intellectual context that shaped them. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Ingersoll
Ingersoll

Author: Herman E. Kittredge

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-07-21

Total Pages: 590

ISBN-13: 9781527637986

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Excerpt from Ingersoll: A Biographical Appreciation As to the other pages, -those of critical study and appreciation, - I am happily able to realize that which Huxley regarded as the most sacred act of a man's life, namely, to say and to feel, I believe such and such to be true.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Ingersoll: A Biographical Appreciation
Ingersoll: A Biographical Appreciation

Author: Herman E. Kittredge

Publisher:

Published: 2009-11-15

Total Pages: 406

ISBN-13: 9781449585525

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The Freethinker Library is a collection of books of interest to freethinkers, humanists, atheists, feminists, and political progressives. They were written between 1870 and 1915. The FT Library includes a seven volume collection on religion by Robert G. Ingersoll as well as books by Thomas Paine, Voltairine de Cleyre, M. Ricker, J. McCabe, and others. These works are highly critical of Christianity, the Bible, and sexism. "Robert G. Ingersoll Against Christianity," contains 6 critical volumes on religion by the famous Freethinker and the biography of the orator by Herman E. Kittredge. Kittredge devotes a hundred pages to the biographical facts of the life and death of the famous humanist. He then provides over 150 pages defending Robert G. Ingersoll against various criticisms aimed at the famous freethinker: was he attacking the Christianity of 50 years ago? What he a mere a mere iconoclast? Were his views on women, love, marriage and children superior to the views of his time? Did he practiced what he taught? What were his views on art and intellectual expression? Kittredge closes his biography with an account of the response to the death of Robert G. Ingersoll in 1899. "After he (Ingersoll) barely had started on his agnostic career, fanatics commenced to threaten his life. Many a time he mounted the platform with a letter in his pocket stating that he would never live to finish his address." Such letters were usually written in red ink and signed, "A Lover of Jesus," "A Friend of the Lord," or with some other nom de plume of like import. Typical of these communications was one delivered by special postal delivery, in Chicago, to the secretary of Ingersoll, just before the latter began his lecture. It read, in substance: "If you go on the platform to night and speak against the Bible, you will not live to see your wife and children again." Herman E. Kittredge

What's God Got to Do With It?
What's God Got to Do With It?

Author: Robert Ingersoll

Publisher: Steerforth

Published: 2011-12-13

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 1586421972

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Robert Ingersoll (1833—1899) is one of the great lost figures in United States history, all but forgotten at just the time America needs him most. An outspoken and unapologetic agnostic, fervent champion of the separation of church and state, and tireless advocate of the rights of women and African Americans, he drew enormous audiences in the late nineteenth century with his lectures on “freethought.” His admirers included Mark Twain and Thomas A. Edison, who said Ingersoll had “all the attributes of a perfect man” and went so far as to make an early recording of Ingersoll’s voice. The publication of What’s God Got to Do with It? will return Robert Ingersoll and his ideas to American political discourse. Edited and with a biographical introduction by Pulitzer Prize winner Tim Page, this new popular collection of Ingersoll’s thought – distilled from the twelve-volume set of his works, his copious letters, and various newspaper interviews – promises to put Ingersoll back where he belongs, in the forefront of independent American thought.

The Great Agnostic
The Great Agnostic

Author: Susan Jacoby

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2013-01-08

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 0300137257

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A biography that restores America's foremost 19th-century champion of reason and secularism to the still contested 21st-century public square.

American Infidel
American Infidel

Author: Orvin Prentiss Larson

Publisher: Hassell Street Press

Published: 2021-09-09

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 9781013476808

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.