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Robert Green Ingersoll

1833–1899

A famed 19th-century American orator, lawyer, and essayist, he became one of the best-known public voices for freethought and agnosticism. His speeches mixed sharp argument with warmth, humor, and a strong belief in human liberty.

32 Audiobooks

Mistakes of Moses

by Robert Green Ingersoll

The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Complete Contents

by Robert Green Ingersoll

The Ghosts, and Other Lectures

by Robert Green Ingersoll

The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 04 (of 12)

by Robert Green Ingersoll

The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12)

by Robert Green Ingersoll

The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 08 (of 12)

by Robert Green Ingersoll

The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 03 (of 12)

by Robert Green Ingersoll

The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 01 (of 12)

by Robert Green Ingersoll

The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 09 (of 12)

by Robert Green Ingersoll

The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 06 (of 12)

by Robert Green Ingersoll

The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 05 (of 12)

by Robert Green Ingersoll

Hell: Warm Words on the Cheerful and Comforting Doctrine of Eternal Damnation

by Robert Green Ingersoll

The Gods

by Robert Green Ingersoll

The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12)

by Robert Green Ingersoll

Shakespeare: A Lecture

by Robert Green Ingersoll

About The Holy Bible: A Lecture

by Robert Green Ingersoll

Walt Whitman: An Address

by Robert Green Ingersoll

The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 07 (of 12)

by Robert Green Ingersoll

Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll - Latest

by Robert Green Ingersoll

The Christian Religion: An Enquiry

by Robert Green Ingersoll

Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Robert G. Ingersoll

by Robert Green Ingersoll

Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll, Volume I

by Robert Green Ingersoll

The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 02 (of 12)

by Robert Green Ingersoll

The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12)

by Robert Green Ingersoll

Heretics And Heresies

by Robert Green Ingersoll

Ingersollia

by Robert Green Ingersoll

Trial of C. B. Reynolds For Blasphemy, at Morristown, N. J., May 1887: Defence

by Robert Green Ingersoll

Thomas Paine

by Robert Green Ingersoll

Individuality

by Robert Green Ingersoll

The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume VIII.

by Robert Green Ingersoll

An Oration on the Life and Services of Thomas Paine

by Robert Green Ingersoll

Humboldt

by Robert Green Ingersoll

About the author

Born in 1833 and dying in 1899, he built a national reputation in the United States as a lawyer, writer, and electrifying public speaker. He was widely known as "the Great Agnostic," a nickname that reflected his outspoken defense of reason, secularism, and freedom of belief.

His lectures and essays challenged religious dogma while also arguing for causes such as civil liberties, individuality, and a more humane society. Even when readers disagree with him, his work still stands out for its energy, clarity, and confidence on the page.

Today he is remembered as one of the most prominent voices of the American freethought movement, and his talks and collected writings continue to attract listeners interested in religion, politics, rhetoric, and the history of public debate.