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Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 12 - Miscellany

Enjoy listening to some of The Great Agnostic's fiery articles, speeches and introductory remarks at a variety of banquets, expositions (like the World's Fair), and celebrations in late 1800's America. The controversial Col. Ingersoll was one of the most sought after Toastmasters and speakers in his day, filling great lecture halls before, during, and after the Civil war, amassing 12 volumes of collected written material. Volume 12 are the collected papers that didn't fit into the previous 11 volumes, and were on some occasions not edited by himself. Ingersoll, son of an itinerant Baptist preacher and well versed in scripture, was an ardent atheist, freethinker & co-founder of the Unitarian church, an abolitionist, great supporter of the arts, devoted family man, and friend to some outstanding clergy whether they agreed with his religious views or not. This volume does not include the 21 Tributes, presented as a sequel in a separate audiobook. (Summary by Michele Fry, BC ) (11 hr 14 min)

Chapters

Publisher's Preface

3:41

I. Prof. Van Buren Denslow's "Modern Thinkers"

40:14

II. Preface to Dr. Edgar C. Beall's "The Brain and the Bible"

20:22

III. Preface to "Men, Women and Gods"

10:29

IV. Preface to "For Her Daily Bread"

13:44

V. Preface to "Agnosticism and Other Essays"

25:11

VI. Preface to "Faith Or Fact"

20:24

VII. The Grant Banquet

13:10

VIII. Thirteen Club Dinner

11:40

IX. Robson and Crane Dinner

9:15

X. The Police Captains' Dinner

11:15

XI. General Grant's Birthday Dinner

9:40

XII. Lotos Club Dinner, Twentieth Anniversary

4:44

XIII. Manhattan Athletic Club Dinner

15:10

XIV. The Liederkranz Club, Seidl-Stanton Banquet

11:27

XV. The Frank B. Carpenter Dinner

24:53

XVI. Unitarian Club Dinner

37:01

XVII. Western Society of the Army of the Potomac Banquet

10:55

XVIII. Lotos Club Dinner in Honor of Anton Seidl

18:09

XXI. The Children of the Stage

13:20

XX. Address to the Actors' Fund of America

19:09

XIX. Lotos Club Dinner in Honor of Rear Admiral Schley

16:39

XXII. Address to the Press Club

11:49

XXIII. The Circulation of Obscene Literature

39:13

XXIV. Convention of the National Liberal League

6:37

XXV. Convention of the American Secular Union

13:16

XXVI. The Religious Belief of Abraham Lincoln

20:20

XXVII. Organized Charities

10:17

XXVIII. Spain and the Spaniards

10:01

XXIX. Our New Possessions

20:35

XXX. A Few Fragments on Expansion

7:09

XXXI. Is It Ever Right for Husband or Wife to Kill Rival?

16:03

XXXII. Professor Briggs

27:35

XXXIII. Fragments, Part 1

27:53

XXXIV. Fragments, Part 2

25:35

XXXV. Fragments, Part 3

21:27

XXXVI. Fragments, Part 4

21:45

XXXVII. Effect of the World's Fair on the Human Race

11:18

XXXVIII. Sabbath Superstition

14:06

XXXIX. Jesus Christ

4:56

XXXX. Life

4:27