Selected Interviews with Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 1
Robert G. Ingersoll
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A controversial lecturer, brilliant lawyer, and arguably the most famous orator of the mid to late 1800's, Ingersoll railed against the absurdities of the Bible and cruelties of Christianity, particularly the horrific notion of "eternal damnation". He tirelessly supported the arts, education, science, women’s rights, abolition, home, family, children, and human liberty. As a leader of the Freethought movement, his creed was: “Happiness is the only good, Reason the only torch, Justice the only worship, Humanity the only religion, and Love the only priest.” He was often attacked in the press. Here are 30 published interviews in which Ingersoll spoke extemporaneously, bitingly, sometimes hilariously, on a wide range of topics with newspaper reporters of the day. (Compiled from The Works Of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 8, Dresden Edition, Pub. 1900. Summary by Michele Fry (5 hr 45 min)
Chapitres
| Orators and Oratory | 7:50 | Lu par Ted Delorme |
| How To Become An Orator | 13:26 | Lu par Ted Delorme |
| My Belief and Unbelief | 4:06 | Lu par Claudia Salto |
| A Reply to the Rev. L. A. Banks | 10:08 | Lu par Claudia Salto |
| Mrs. Van Cott, The Revivalist | 3:21 | Lu par Claudia Salto |
| Reply To Chicago Critics | 13:46 | Lu par Michele Fry |
| Miracles and Immortality | 14:40 | Lu par Michele Fry |
| Psychical Research and the Bible | 16:43 | Lu par Michele Fry |
| Blasphemy | 6:53 | Lu par Claudia Salto |
| This Century's Glories | 18:25 | Lu par Michele Fry |
| Divorce | 10:09 | Lu par Claudia Salto |
| The Sunday Laws Of Pittsburg | 5:52 | Lu par Claudia Salto |
| The Oath Question | 18:49 | Lu par Michele Fry |
| Ingersoll and Beecher | 6:54 | Lu par Michele Fry |
| District Suffrage | 9:47 | Lu par Claudia Salto |
| Reply To The Christian Endeavorers | 5:45 | Lu par Julia Niedermaier |
| Mr. Beecher, Moses and the Negro | 17:07 | Lu par Michele Fry |
| Sunday A Day Of Pleasure | 5:23 | Lu par Julia Niedermaier |
| Hades, Delaware and Free Thought | 18:29 | Lu par Michele Fry |
| A Reply To The Rev. Mr. Lansing | 7:28 | Lu par Julia Niedermaier |
| Free Trade and Christianity | 22:58 | Lu par Michele Fry |
| Beaconsville, Lent and Revivals | 7:37 | Lu par Chris Chapman |
| My Belief | 7:04 | Lu par Phil Chenevert |
| Labor Question and Socialism | 14:32 | Lu par Herman Roskams |
| Athiesm and Citizenship | 6:02 | Lu par Herman Roskams |
| Funeral of John G. Mills and Immortality | 28:10 | Lu par Claudia Salto |
| Religion In Politics | 9:53 | Lu par Claudia Salto |
| Shakespeare and Bacon | 10:37 | Lu par Claudia Salto |
| Political and Religious | 17:15 | Lu par Michele Fry |
| The Interviewers | 6:16 | Lu par Claudia Salto |
Critiques
So!
potuc
Eternal damnation is something that could occur if you murder, or rape, or something else that awful. And, sadly, if you do get damned for eternity, given the extremities required to become damned in the first place, I would sadly have to say there’s an extremely good chance you deserved it. As always, it’s ok if you disagree with me, I am just voicing my opinion!
Good Job!
msfry
I'm so proud of all my readers on this project, both men and women, Americans and Europeans, who joined in to bring Ingersoll's personality alive. They proved that his spirit is not at all about gender or nationality, but ATTITUDE! Grateful to you all. Michele Fry, Book Coordinator