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Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 12 - Tributes

Col. Ingersoll, a renowned trial lawyer and known as "the Great Agnostic", was one of the most sought after Toastmasters of his day, invited to many banquets, parties and gravesides of famous persons, filling huge lecture halls before, during, and after the Civil war, amassing 12 volumes of collected essays and speeches he gave on the lecture circuit. Volume 12 houses the collected papers that didn't fit into the previous 11 volumes, including these tributes to celebrities of his era, to Benjamin W. Parker, Henry Ward Beecher, Walt Whitman, Anton Seidl, and many others. These tributes were not included in the Librivox audiobook version of Volume 12, Miscellany, so they could be appreciated on their own. Enjoy! (Summary by Michele Fry, BC ) (2 hr 40 min)

Chapters

01 - A Tribute to George Jacob Holyoake

10:00

02 - At the Grave of Benjamin W. Parker

1:48

03 - A Tribute to Ebon C. Ingersoll

5:38

04 - A Tribute to the Rev. Alexander Clark

4:40

05 - At a Child's Grave

3:52

06 - A Tribute to John G. Mills

6:05

07 - A Tribute to Elizur Wright

9:03

08 - A Tribute to Mrs. Ida Whiting Knowles

2:33

09 - A Tribute to Henry Ward Beecher

14:32

10 - A Tribute to Roscoe Conkling

25:19

11 - A Tribute to Richard H. Whiting

3:21

12 - A Tribute to Courtlandt Palmer

10:56

13 - A Tribute to Mrs. Mary H. Fiske

5:47

14 - A Tribute to Horace Seaver

17:25

15 - A Tribute to Lawrence Barrett

3:19

16 - A Tribute to Walt Whitman

10:29

17 - A Tribute to Philo D. Beckwith

6:10

18 - A Tribute to Anton Seidl

3:47

19 - A Tribute to Dr. Thomas Seton Robertson

3:28

20 - A Tribute to Thomas Corwin

2:40

21 - A Tribute to Isaac H. Bailey

9:40