Project Gutenberg 2009-10-06 Public domain in the USA. 273 Ingersoll, Robert Green 1833 1899 Ingersoll, Bob Ingersoll, R. G. (Robert Green) Ingersoll, Robert G. (Robert Green) The Ghosts, and Other Lectures The ghosts -- The liberty of man, woman and child -- The Declaration of independence -- About farming in Illinois -- Speech at Cincinnati, nominating James G. Blaine for the presidency, June, 1876 -- The past rises before me like a dream -- The Grant banquet -- A tribute to the Rev. Alexander Clark -- A tribute to Ebon C. Ingersoll. Produced by David Widger "The Ghosts, and Other Lectures" by Robert Green Ingersoll is a collection of lectures written in the late 19th century. This work delves into themes of skepticism, rational thought, and critiques of religion and superstition, emphasizing the importance of intellectual freedom and personal liberty. Ingersoll's writing serves as a powerful call to humanity to cast aside the ghosts of their past beliefs and embrace a future grounded in reason and science. The opening portion of the text establishes a strong foundation for Ingersoll's argument against the supernatural and the cultural hold of religious dogmas. He presents a historical perspective on how beliefs in ghosts and supernatural forces have influenced human actions and decisions, often leading to fear and oppression. He critiques the clergy and their control over thought, asserting that such beliefs lead to societal stagnation. Rather than transitioning to a purely supernatural understanding of existence, Ingersoll calls for recognition of the natural laws governing the universe, positing that progress and true liberty arise from rational thought and the liberation of the human mind from the chains of superstition. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Free thought AC Text Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 325707 325716 2024-09-13T04:20:39.283851 2023-09-13T09:22:27.688453 text/html text/html 321152 2013-01-29T10:31:14 text/html; charset=us-ascii 110322 2013-01-29T10:31:14 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 166772 2024-09-13T04:20:44.241749 application/epub+zip 170318 2024-09-13T04:20:40.616801 application/epub+zip 170318 2024-09-13T04:20:39.800819 application/epub+zip 314757 2024-09-13T04:20:47.141794 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 295386 2024-09-13T04:20:43.624778 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 295550 2022-09-14T05:02:20.096682 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 285497 285490 2024-09-13T04:20:38.876844 2023-09-13T09:22:27.304431 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 285306 2010-01-15T15:02:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 106309 2010-01-15T15:03:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18505 2024-09-13T04:20:47.268789 application/rdf+xml 15237 2024-09-13T04:20:40.148856 image/jpeg 3736 2024-09-13T04:20:39.970774 image/jpeg 163605 2024-09-13T04:20:39.310776 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia