Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches
(1872.) An Honest God is the Noblest Work of ManóResemblance of Gods to their CreatorsóManufacture and Characteristics of DeitiesóTheir AmoursóDeficient in many Departments of KnowledgeóPleased with the Butchery of UnbelieversóA Plentiful SupplyóVisitationsóOne God's Laws of W...
Wisdom of a supposed DeityóWhy a Creator is ImaginedóDifficulty of the Act of CreationóBelief in Supernatural BeingsóBelief and Worship among SavagesóQuestions of Origin and Des...
7. VOLUME VII.--DISCUSSIONS(1877.) Answer to San Francisco ClergymenóDefinition of Liberty, Physical and MentalóThe Right to Compel BeliefóWoman the Equal of ManóThe GhostsóImmortalityóSlaveryóWitchcraftó...
6. VOLUME VI.--DISCUSSIONS(1881.) I. Col. Ingersoll's Opening PaperóStatement of the Fundamental Truths of ChristianityóReasons for Thinking that Portions of the Old Testament are the Product of a Barbar...
4. VOLUME IV.--LECTURES(1896.) I. Influence of Birth in determining Religious BeliefóScotch, Irish, English, and Americans Inherit their FaithóReligions of Nations not Suddenly ChangedóPeople who Knew...
2. VOLUME II.--LECTURES(1879.) PrefaceóI. He who endeavors to control the Mind by Force is a Tyrant, and he who submits is a SlaveóAll I AskóWhen a Religion is FoundedóFreedom for the Orthodox Clergyó...
3. VOLUME III--LECTURES(1891.) I. The Greatest Genius of our WorldóNot of Supernatural Origin or of Royal BloodóIlliteracy of his ParentsóEducationóHis FatheróHis Mother a Great WomanóStratford Uncons...
1. VOLUME I.--LECTURES(1872.) An Honest God is the Noblest Work of ManóResemblance of Gods to their CreatorsóManufacture and Characteristics of DeitiesóTheir AmoursóDeficient in many Departments of K...
11. VOLUME XI.--MISCELLANYIntroduction by Frederick Douglass("Abou Ben Adhem")óDecision of the United States Supreme Court pronouncing the Civil Rights Act UnconstitutionalóLimitations of JudgesóIllusion...
9. VOLUME IX.--POLITICAL(1867.) Slavery and its Justification by Law and ReligionóIts Destructive Influence upon NationsóInauguration of the Modern Slave Trade by the Portuguese GonzalesóPlanted upon A...
5. VOLUME V.--DISCUSSIONS(1882.) PrefaceóFirst Interview: Great Men as Witnesses to the Truth of the GospelóNo man should quote the Words of Another unless he is willing to Accept all the Opinions of th...
10. VOLUME X.--LEGALDemoralization caused by AlcoholóNote from the Chicago TimesóPrejudiceóReview of the Testimony of Jacob RehmóPerjury CharacterizedóThe Defendant and the Offence Charged (p. 21)ó...
8. VOLUME VIII.--INTERVIEWS13. VOLUME XII.--MISCELLANY