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 )
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Publisher's Preface
03:41 - Chapter 2
I. Prof. Van Buren Denslow's "Modern Thinkers"
40:14 - Chapter 3
II. Preface to Dr. Edgar C. Beall's "The Brain and the Bible"
20:22 - Chapter 4
III. Preface to "Men, Women and Gods"
10:29 - Chapter 5
IV. Preface to "For Her Daily Bread"
13:44 - Chapter 6
V. Preface to "Agnosticism and Other Essays"
25:11 - Chapter 7
VI. Preface to "Faith Or Fact"
20:24 - Chapter 8
VII. The Grant Banquet
13:10 - Chapter 9
VIII. Thirteen Club Dinner
11:40 - Chapter 10
IX. Robson and Crane Dinner
09:15 - Chapter 11
X. The Police Captains' Dinner
11:15 - Chapter 12
XI. General Grant's Birthday Dinner
09:40 - Chapter 13
XII. Lotos Club Dinner, Twentieth Anniversary
04:44 - Chapter 14
XIII. Manhattan Athletic Club Dinner
15:10 - Chapter 15
XIV. The Liederkranz Club, Seidl-Stanton Banquet
11:27 - Chapter 16
XV. The Frank B. Carpenter Dinner
24:53 - Chapter 17
XVI. Unitarian Club Dinner
37:01 - Chapter 18
XVII. Western Society of the Army of the Potomac Banquet
10:55 - Chapter 19
XVIII. Lotos Club Dinner in Honor of Anton Seidl
18:09 - Chapter 20
XXI. The Children of the Stage
13:20 - Chapter 21
XX. Address to the Actors' Fund of America
19:09 - Chapter 22
XIX. Lotos Club Dinner in Honor of Rear Admiral Schley
16:39 - Chapter 23
XXII. Address to the Press Club
11:49 - Chapter 24
XXIII. The Circulation of Obscene Literature
39:13 - Chapter 25
XXIV. Convention of the National Liberal League
06:37 - Chapter 26
XXV. Convention of the American Secular Union
13:16 - Chapter 27
XXVI. The Religious Belief of Abraham Lincoln
20:20 - Chapter 28
XXVII. Organized Charities
10:17 - Chapter 29
XXVIII. Spain and the Spaniards
10:01 - Chapter 30
XXIX. Our New Possessions
20:35 - Chapter 31
XXX. A Few Fragments on Expansion
07:09 - Chapter 32
XXXI. Is It Ever Right for Husband or Wife to Kill Rival?
16:03 - Chapter 33
XXXII. Professor Briggs
27:35 - Chapter 34
XXXIII. Fragments, Part 1
27:53 - Chapter 35
XXXIV. Fragments, Part 2
25:35 - Chapter 36
XXXV. Fragments, Part 3
21:27 - Chapter 37
XXXVI. Fragments, Part 4
21:45 - Chapter 38
XXXVII. Effect of the World's Fair on the Human Race
11:18 - Chapter 39
XXXVIII. Sabbath Superstition
14:06 - Chapter 40
XXXIX. Jesus Christ
04:56 - Chapter 41
XXXX. Life
04:27