The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 8 (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

Zusatztext

<div><p>Volume eight of Ingersolls collected works holds forth on religion, politics, and culture in this book of interviews. In Q&A format, Ingersoll answers all the questions readers would ever want to ask of him. Interviews take the titles The Bible and a Future Life, Politics and [General] Grant, The Civil Rights Bill, Prohibition, Trial of the Chicago Anarchists, Working Girls, Inebriety, among others.</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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