The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 5 (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

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<div><p>In the1880s, Ingersoll, the arch-agnostic and skeptic, carried on a theological feudfought from the pulpit and lecternwith Presbyterian reformer Thomas De Witt Talmage. Volume five of Ingersolls collected works includes Six Interviews on Talmage, The Talmagian Catechism, and A Vindication of Thomas Paine.</p></div>

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<div><p><b>Robert Green Ingersoll</b> (1833-1899), the son of a radical Presbyterian preacher, was born in New York City. At the outbreak of the American Civil War, he raised a regiment that fought in the Battle of Shiloh. An active Republican, Ingersoll was Attorney General of Illinois. Known as a champion of freethinking and agnosticism, he became one of the most popular orators of his time.</p></div>

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