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)
Chapters
| Orators and Oratory | 7:50 | Read by Ted Delorme |
| How To Become An Orator | 13:26 | Read by Ted Delorme |
| My Belief and Unbelief | 4:06 | Read by Claudia Salto |
| A Reply to the Rev. L. A. Banks | 10:08 | Read by Claudia Salto |
| Mrs. Van Cott, The Revivalist | 3:21 | Read by Claudia Salto |
| Reply To Chicago Critics | 13:46 | Read by Michele Fry |
| Miracles and Immortality | 14:40 | Read by Michele Fry |
| Psychical Research and the Bible | 16:43 | Read by Michele Fry |
| Blasphemy | 6:53 | Read by Claudia Salto |
| This Century's Glories | 18:25 | Read by Michele Fry |
| Divorce | 10:09 | Read by Claudia Salto |
| The Sunday Laws Of Pittsburg | 5:52 | Read by Claudia Salto |
| The Oath Question | 18:49 | Read by Michele Fry |
| Ingersoll and Beecher | 6:54 | Read by Michele Fry |
| District Suffrage | 9:47 | Read by Claudia Salto |
| Reply To The Christian Endeavorers | 5:45 | Read by Julia Niedermaier |
| Mr. Beecher, Moses and the Negro | 17:07 | Read by Michele Fry |
| Sunday A Day Of Pleasure | 5:23 | Read by Julia Niedermaier |
| Hades, Delaware and Free Thought | 18:29 | Read by Michele Fry |
| A Reply To The Rev. Mr. Lansing | 7:28 | Read by Julia Niedermaier |
| Free Trade and Christianity | 22:58 | Read by Michele Fry |
| Beaconsville, Lent and Revivals | 7:37 | Read by Chris Chapman |
| My Belief | 7:04 | Read by Phil Chenevert |
| Labor Question and Socialism | 14:32 | Read by Herman Roskams |
| Athiesm and Citizenship | 6:02 | Read by Herman Roskams |
| Funeral of John G. Mills and Immortality | 28:10 | Read by Claudia Salto |
| Religion In Politics | 9:53 | Read by Claudia Salto |
| Shakespeare and Bacon | 10:37 | Read by Claudia Salto |
| Political and Religious | 17:15 | Read by Michele Fry |
| The Interviewers | 6:16 | Read by Claudia Salto |
Reviews
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